Pineapple in Chinese (Mandarin): 菠萝 (bōluó)
菠萝
bōluó
pineapple
- Simplified
- 菠萝
- Pinyin
- bōluó
- Typed as
- boluo
In Taiwan, people say 鳳梨 (fènglí) instead.
Use it in a sentence
菠萝身上有刺。
The pineapple has spikes on it.
The characters in 菠萝
菠
Part of the word for pineapple. 艹 (grass) is on top.
11 strokes
萝 / 蘿
A climbing plant. 艹 (grass) is on top.
11 strokes
In Taiwan, a pineapple is usually 鳳梨 (fènglí). Pineapple buns, 菠萝包 (bōluóbāo), have no pineapple in them: the crust just looks like one.
More examples with 菠萝
菠萝很甜。
菠蘿很甜。
Bōluó hěn tián.
Pineapple is sweet.
我们切菠萝吧。
我們切菠蘿吧。
Wǒmen qiē bōluó ba.
Let's cut the pineapple.
How to write 菠萝 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
菠 11 strokes
萝 11 strokes
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