VocabularyHSK 3 · core

香蕉

xiāngjiāo

banana

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 我每天吃一根香蕉。
    I eat a banana every day.
  2. 香蕉很甜。
    Bananas are sweet.

Collocations

一根香蕉吃香蕉香蕉黄

Mnemonic

香蕉 xiāngjiāo "banana" — 香 (fragrant) + 蕉 (broadleaf plant). Native compound vs Korean/Japanese loanwords. Measure: 根 gēn (long thin things — fingers, hair, bananas).

Quick check

  1. Measure for banana?

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