Sour in Chinese (Mandarin): 酸 (suān)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 酸

• 酸

  Sour. 酉 (a wine jar) is on the left: things that go sour.

  14 strokes

First tone. Sweet and sour is 酸甜 (suāntián), and yogurt is 酸奶 (suānnǎi), "sour milk".

More examples with 酸

• 这个苹果有点酸。

  這個蘋果有點酸。

  Zhège píngguǒ yǒudiǎn suān.

  This apple is a little sour.

• 我喜欢喝酸奶。

  我喜歡喝酸奶。

  Wǒ xǐhuan hē suānnǎi.

  I like drinking yogurt.

How to write 酸 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.