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水shuǐwater
水 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from flowing water.
果guǒfruit
田field · tián
木tree · mù
Memory aidFruit 田 growing on a tree 木.
How to write 水果
水 4 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.
Stroke order chart for 水果 (shuǐguǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
水果 (shuǐguǒ) means “fruit”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it shuǐguǒ: shuǐ with a 3rd tone, then guǒ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like shuíguǒ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 水果 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuiguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 水果 from the suggestions. Typing shuiguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
水果 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.
水shuǐ3rd tone, dipping
