HSK 3 · Food

香蕉 xiāngjiāo “banana” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 香蕉 means

  1. banana

Measure word 根 gēn or 把 bǎ · 一根香蕉 yì gēn xiāngjiāo

How to say 香蕉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale香xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale蕉jiāo1st tone, high and level

香蕉 in a sentence

  1. 你们比较喜欢什么，苹果还是香蕉？

    Nǐmen bǐjiào xǐhuan shénme, píngguǒ háishi xiāngjiāo?

    Which do you prefer, apples or bananas?

    Sentence #705005 from Tatoeba

  2. 猴子喜欢香蕉。

    Hóuzi xǐhuan xiāngjiāo.

    Monkeys love bananas.

    Sentence #5576806 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 香蕉很好吃。

    Xiāngjiāo hěn hǎochī.

    Bananas are delicious.

    Sentence #2062924 from Tatoeba

How 香蕉 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 香 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
香xiāngfragrant
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 日sun · rì
The character 蕉 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
蕉jiāobanana
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 焦burned · jiāoSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 焦 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiāo.

How to write 香蕉

香 9 strokes · 蕉 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 香蕉

Words with 香

香xiāng · fragrant香肠xiāngcháng · sausage

More words: Food & Drink

渴kě · thirsty面包miànbāo · bread啤酒píjiǔ · beer甜tián · sweet饮料yǐnliào · beverage鸡jī · chicken外卖wàimài · takeaway (food)方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles

FAQs

香蕉 (xiāngjiāo) means “banana”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it xiāngjiāo: xiāng with a 1st tone, then jiāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 香蕉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 根 (gēn) or 把 (bǎ). For example, one banana is 一根香蕉 (yì gēn xiāngjiāo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangjiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 香蕉 from the suggestions. Typing xiangjiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
香蕉 is an HSK 3 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.