Learn 果
fruit
Recognize 果, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
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The Pear Test
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 果
Alex held up the smoothest pear in the fruit shop. It was yellow, round, and almost too neat to be real. Beside it, Lin found a pear with a crooked neck and a rough brown patch.
The owner noticed them comparing the two.
“Would you like to taste them?” she asked.
She washed both pears and cut a small slice from each on a clean board. The pretty pear went on a white plate; the crooked one went on a blue plate.
Alex tried the white plate first. Crisp, but not very sweet. Then he tried the blue plate. Juice ran down his thumb.
“This one,” he said, pointing with his clean hand.
Lin tasted both and chose the same plate.
The owner packed the rest of the crooked pear for them. Alex bought another from its crate, this one with a dent near the stem.
Outside, he checked the bag.
“Shall we save some for later?”
Lin handed him a napkin before answering.
One way to use 果.
果 carries the meaning fruit, among other senses. Learn 水果 as the everyday word for fresh fruit; do not mechanically replace every English use of fruit with the single character 果. Written shuǐ guǒ normally sounds shuí guǒ in connected speech because two third tones meet.
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