Chinese Word of the Day

柠檬
níng méng

lemon

Definitions

Chinese > English
柠檬
1. Simplified form of 檸檬
檸檬	níngméng
1. n. lemon (fruit, tree)
English > Chinese
lemon
1. 名词. 复数：lemons
2. 名词. 柠檬
3. 名词. 柠檬树
4. 名词. 柠檬的味道
5. 名词. 亮黄色，柠檬黄色
6. 名词. 同人小说中指明显的性描写
Components
柠
1. Variant of 楮
2. Variant of 杼
3. Variant of 檸
杼	zhù, shù
1. shuttle of a loom
2. narrow
3. long-headed
4. a scrub oak
5. thin
6. (Chinese mythology) Zhu of Xia (seventh king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
楮	chǔ
1. paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
Synonyms: 構, 榖
2. paper
檸	níng
1. Only used in 檸檬 (short=1)
2. (Suzhounese) how
檬	méng
1. Used in 檸檬 (lemon)
2. bún (Vietnamese dish)
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