VocabularyHSK 3 · core

西瓜

xīguā

watermelon

Part of speech · noun

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西west

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Examples

夏天我爱吃西瓜。
I love watermelon in summer.
一个大西瓜多少钱?
How much for a big watermelon?

Collocations

吃西瓜一个西瓜大西瓜

Mnemonic

西瓜 xīguā "watermelon" — 西 (west) + 瓜 (gourd) = "western gourd". Etymology: introduced from Central Asia (the "west") in ancient times. Same characters as Japanese 西瓜 (suika).

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