Coconut in Chinese (Mandarin): 椰子 (yēzi)
椰子
yēzi
coconut
- Simplified
- 椰子
- Traditional
- 椰子
- Pinyin
- yēzi
- Typed as
- yezi
Use it in a sentence
椰子的壳很硬。
椰子的殼很硬。
A coconut has a very hard shell.
The characters in 椰子
椰
Coconut palm. 木 (tree) is on the left.
12 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
Coconut water is 椰子水 (yēzi shuǐ), and a coconut tree is 椰子树 (yēzishù).
More examples with 椰子
椰子长在树上。
椰子長在樹上。
Yēzi zhǎng zài shù shang.
Coconuts grow on trees.
我喝椰子水。
Wǒ hē yēzi shuǐ.
I drink coconut water.
How to write 椰子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
椰 12 strokes
子 3 strokes
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