HSK 1 · Food

苹果 píngguǒ “apple” in Chinese

Traditional 蘋果

What 苹果 means

  1. apple
  2. Apple (American tech company)

Measure word 个 gè or 颗 kē · 一个苹果 yí ge píngguǒ

How to say 苹果

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale苹píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale果guǒ3rd tone, dipping

苹果 in a sentence

  1. 你喜欢苹果吗？

    Nǐ xǐhuan píngguǒ ma?

    Do you like apples?

    Sentence #1323682 from Tatoeba

  2. 我喜欢吃苹果。

    Wǒ xǐhuan chī píngguǒ.

    I like to eat apples.

    Sentence #444717 from Tatoeba

  3. 我在吃个苹果。

    Wǒ zài chī ge píngguǒ.

    I am eating an apple.

    Sentence #380603 from Tatoeba

How 苹果 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 苹 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
苹píngduckweed
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 平flat · píngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 平 (píng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 果 (guǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
果guǒfruit
  • 田field · tián
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidFruit 田 growing on a tree 木.

How to write 苹果

苹 8 strokes · 果 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

苹果 (píngguǒ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 苹果 (píngguǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 苹果

Words with 果

水果shuǐguǒ · fruit如果rúguǒ · if果汁guǒzhī · fruit juice结果jiéguǒ · result效果xiàoguǒ · result果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)成果chéngguǒ · result后果hòuguǒ · consequences果然guǒrán · really果断guǒduàn · decisive

More words: Food & Drink

喝hē · to drink菜cài · dish米饭mǐfàn · cooked rice水果shuǐguǒ · fruit水shuǐ · water茶chá · tea饭fàn · cooked rice面条儿miàntiáor · noodles

FAQs

苹果 (píngguǒ) means “apple” or “Apple (American tech company)”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it píngguǒ: píng with a 2nd tone, then guǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 苹果 is written 蘋果. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 颗 (kē). For example, one apple is 一个苹果 (yí ge píngguǒ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 苹果 from the suggestions. Typing pingguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
苹果 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.