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橙子

chéng zi

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

橙子 (chéng zi) means "orange". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 橙子 means

1. orange

The characters in 橙子

• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 他喜欢橙子。
  He likes oranges.
• 她喜欢橙子。
  She likes oranges.
• 橙子怎么卖？
  How much are oranges?
• 我喜欢橙子。
  I like oranges.
• 我不吃橙子。
  I don't eat oranges.
• 我给你剥橙子。
  I'll peel an orange for you.

Sounds the same

Read chéng zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 程子(Beijing dialect) see 阵子

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng zi correctly.
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