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杏

xìng

Character

What 杏 means

1. apricot
2. bound formalmond

Example sentences

• 杏树正在开花。
  The almond trees are in bloom.
• 每天吃一颗杏仁。
  Eat an almond every day.
• 他买了一些烤杏仁。
  He bought some roasted almonds.
• 梅纳德买了一些杏仁奶。
  Mennad bought some almond milk.
• 库车的杏子你越吃越想吃。
  Kùchē de xìngzi nǐ yuè chī yuè xiǎng chī.
  The more you eat Kuqa's apricots, the more of them you'll want to eat.
• 她那双深色的杏仁眼非常美丽。
  Her dark, almond-shaped eyes were remarkably beautiful.

Words starting with 杏

• 杏仁xìng rénalmond; apricot kernel
• 杏子xìng ziapricot
• 杏林xìng línforest of apricot trees; (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉
• 杏树xìng shùapricot tree
• 杏眼xìng yǎnlarge, round eyes (considered beautiful)
• 杏仁果xìng rén guǒ(Taiwan) almond
• 杏仁核xìng rén héamygdala
• 杏仁体xìng rén tǐamygdala
• 杏林区Xìng lín QūXinglin District of Xiamen city 厦门市
• 杏花村xìng huā cūnvillage of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop…
• 杏仁豆腐xìng rén dòu fualmond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
• 杏花岭区Xìng huā lǐng QūXinghualing, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市
• 杏鲍菇xìng bào gūking oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
• 杏花岭Xìng huā lǐngsee 杏花岭区

Words containing 杏

• 银杏yín xìngginkgo
• 红杏出墙hóng xìng chū qiánglit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)…
• 巴旦杏bā dàn xìngalmond (loanword)
• 苦杏仁苷kǔ xìng rén gānamygdalin

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 亭tíngpavilion; booth; kiosk
• 叮dīngto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds

Characters that look like 杏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 委wěito entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 各gèeach; every
• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 吝lìn(bound form) stingy
• 沓dáclassifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. tà
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read xìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 兴feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
• 性nature; character; property
• 姓family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
• 幸trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit
• 悻angry
• 荇yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
• 臖to swell; swelling
• 莕Nymphoides peltatum
• 涬watery expanse
• 婞upright
• 嬹old variant of 兴