橘子
jú ziㄐㄩˊ ㄗ˙
Sino-Vietnamese: QUẤT TỬ
Traditional: 橘子
HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 2
Meaning(noun)
tangerine
Measure words: 个、瓣
Examples
这个橘子很甜。
zhè ge jú zǐ hěn tián.
This tangerine is very sweet.
妈妈买了一斤橘子。
mā ma mǎi le yì jīn jú zǐ.
Mom bought half a kilo of tangerines.
过年的时候家里会放橘子。
guò nián de shí hòu jiā lǐ huì fàng jú zǐ.
We put out tangerines at home for the New Year.
Easily confused
- 桔子 — 桔子 is a common variant spelling of 橘子; the small kumquat is 金橘.
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Stroke order
QUẤT · 16 strokes
mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
TỬ · 3 strokes
son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility