Lemon in Chinese (Mandarin): 柠檬 (níngméng)
柠檬
níngméng
lemon
- Simplified
- 柠檬
- Traditional
- 檸檬
- Pinyin
- níngméng
- Typed as
- ningmeng
Use it in a sentence
柠檬很酸。
檸檬很酸。
Lemons are very sour.
The characters in 柠檬
柠 / 檸
Part of the word for lemon. 木 (tree) is on the left.
9 strokes
檬
Part of the word for lemon. 木 (tree) is on the left.
17 strokes
Together the two characters sound like "lemon". Lemonade is 柠檬水 (níngméngshuǐ).
More examples with 柠檬
我喝柠檬水。
我喝檸檬水。
Wǒ hē níngméngshuǐ.
I drink lemonade.
柠檬是黄色的。
檸檬是黃色的。
Níngméng shì huángsè de.
Lemons are yellow.
How to write 柠檬 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
柠 9 strokes
檬 17 strokes
In Traditional characters:
檸 18 strokes
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