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枇杷

pí pa

2-character word

What 枇杷 means

1. loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)
2. loquat fruit

The characters in 枇杷

• 枇píused in 枇杷
• 杷bàhandle or shaft (of an axe etc); hoe; to harrow

Example sentences

• 枇杷比苹果小。
  Loquats are smaller than apples.
• 齐里用指甲剥枇杷。
  Ziri uses his fingernail to peel loquats.
• 枇杷在中国和日本都很受欢迎。
  Loquats are popular in both China and Japan.
• 成熟的枇杷很容易从树上摘下来。
  Ripe medlars come away easily from the tree.

Words starting with 枇杷

• 枇杷膏pí pá gāoPei Pa Koa, proprietary cough syrup made with traditional Chinese herbs

Sounds the same

Read pí pa, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琵琶pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard