Definition
水果 (shuǐguǒ) is the everyday word for fruit as food you eat. 果实 (guǒshí) is more formal or literary, often referring to the fruit of a plant in a botanical sense, or figuratively to the results of effort.
noun
fruit
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 水果。Wǒ chī yí gè shuǐ guǒ.I eat a fruit.
- 水果?Nǐ mǎi jǐ gè shuǐ guǒ?How many fruits are you buying?
- 水果。Zhège shuǐ guǒ shì hǎo de.This fruit is good.
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