萄 (táo): grape
萄 (táo) is a Chinese character meaning “grape.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 匋 (phonetic). It ranks #2159 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 萄 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- grape
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 萄
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 葡萄牙语noun | pú táo yá yǔ | Portuguese (language) |
| 葡萄干noun | pú tao gān | raisin |
| 葡萄园noun | pú tao yuán | vineyard |
| 葡萄牙proper-noun | pú táo yá | Portugal |
| 葡萄球菌noun | pú tao qiú jūn | staphylococcus |
| 葡萄糖noun | pú tao táng | glucose C6H12O6 |
| 葡萄汁noun | pú táo zhī | grape juice |
| 葡萄牙人noun | pú táo yá rén | Portuguese (person) |
| 葡萄藤noun | pú tao téng | grapevine (botany) |
| 吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 | chī bù dào pú tao shuō pú tao suān | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) |
| 葡萄干儿noun | pú tao gān r | raisin |
| 葡萄牙文noun | pú táo yá wén | Portuguese (language) |
| 说葡萄酸 | shuō pú tao suān | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) |
| 葡萄球菌肠毒素 | pú táo qiú jūn cháng dú sù | staphylococcal enterotoxin |
| 葡萄语 | pú táo yǔ | Portuguese (language) |
萄 appears in 26 compound words: 0 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 88 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 萄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
葡萄是夏季的水果，味道酸甜可口。
Pútáo shì xiàjì de shuǐguǒ, wèidào suāntián kěkǒu.
Grapes are a summer fruit with a sweet and sour taste.
在葡萄牙,拨打 SNS24 接受紧急医院护理是...
zài pú táo yá , bō dǎ S N S 2 4 jiē shòu jǐn jí yī yuàn hù lǐ shì . . .
In Portugal, calling SNS24 for emergency hospital care is...
在葡萄牙防治栗瘿蜂
zài pú táo yá fáng zhì 栗 瘿 fēng
Control of the chestnut gall wasp in Portugal
葡萄牙房地产发展势头不减,但步伐有所改变
pú táo yá fáng dì chǎn fā zhǎn shì tóu bù jiǎn , dàn bù fá yǒu suǒ gǎi biàn
Portugal's real estate momentum continues, but at a different pace
欧洲人喜欢喝葡萄酒。
ōuzhōurén xǐhuan hē pútaojiǔ.
Europeans like to drink wine.
葡萄牙和西班牙是邻居。
Pútáoyá hé Xībānyá shì línjū.
Portugal and Spain are neighbors.
您有什么样的葡萄酒？
Nín yǒu shénmeyàng de pútaojiǔ?
What kind of wine do you have?
你最喜欢苹果、橘子还是葡萄？
Nǐ zuì xǐhuan píngguǒ, júzi háishi pútao?
Which do you like best, apples, oranges or grapes?
葡萄酒的味道很受天气影响。
Pútaojiǔ de wèidao hěn shòu tiānqì yǐngxiǎng.
The taste of wine is largely dependent upon the weather.
那些葡萄看起来很甜，但其实是酸的。
Nàxiē pútao kànqǐlai hěn tián, dàn qíshí shì suān de.
Those grapes look sweet, but in fact they're sour.
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