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檬

méng

Character

What 檬 means

1. used in {柠檬|níng méng}

Example sentences

• 柠檬很酸。
  Lemon is sour.
• 柠檬是酸的。
  Lemons are sour.
• 这些柠檬很新鲜
  Zhèxiē níngméng hěn xīnxiān
  These lemons are fresh.
• 柠檬是黄色的。
  The lemon is yellow.
• 这些柠檬很新鲜。
  These lemons are fresh.
• 用拧檬汁代替醋。
  Use lemon juice instead of vinegar.

Words containing 檬

• 柠檬níng ménglemon
• 柠檬汁níng méng zhīlemon juice
• 柠檬水níng méng shuǐlemonade
• 柠檬片níng méng piànslice of lemon
• 柠檬茶níng méng chálemon tea
• 柠檬草níng méng cǎolemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus)
• 柠檬酸níng méng suāncitric acid
• 柠檬鸡níng méng jīlemon chicken
• 青柠檬qīng níng ménglime (fruit)
• 柠檬酸循环níng méng suān xún huáncitric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; tricarboxylic acid cycle

Characters built on 蒙

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

• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 蠓měngmidge
• 礞méng(mineral)
• 曚méngtwilight before dawn

Characters that look like 檬

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

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 襟jīnlapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 鞣róusuede; chamois; tannin
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote

Sounds the same

Read méng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盟oath; pledge; union
• 蒙(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 萌(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (colloquial) cute; adorable…
• 氓(literary) common people
• 朦used in 朦胧
• 虻horsefly; gadfly
• 幪used in 帡幪
• 礞(mineral)
• 曚twilight before dawn
• 瞢eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
• 甍rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof
• 艨used in 艨冲