杏 (xìng): apricot, (bound form) almond
杏 (xìng) is a Chinese character meaning “apricot.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #2828 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 杏 a open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- apricot
- (bound form) almond
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木
Decomposition: ⿱木口 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杏仁noun | xìng rén | almond |
| 杏子noun | xìng zi | apricot |
| 银杏noun | yín xìng | ginkgo |
| 杏树 | xìng shù | apricot tree |
| 杏林noun | xìng lín | forest of apricot trees |
| 杏林区 | xìng lín qū | Xinglin District of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市 (renamed Haicang District 海滄區|海沧区 in 2003) |
| 红杏出墙phrase | hóng xìng chū qiáng | lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) |
| 杏花村noun | xìng huā cūn | village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧) |
| 杏眼 | xìng yǎn | large, round eyes (considered beautiful) |
| 杏仁果noun | xìng rén guǒ | (Tw) almond |
| 杏仁体noun | xìng rén tǐ | amygdala |
| 巴旦杏noun | bā dàn xìng | almond (loanword) |
| 杏花岭区 | xìng huā lǐng qū | Xinghualing, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市, Shanxi |
| 杏仁核noun | xìng rén hé | amygdala |
| 杏脸桃腮 | xìng liǎn táo sāi | (idiom) (of a woman) having a fair complexion with rosy cheeks |
杏 appears in 19 compound words: 79 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
爷爷在门前种了一棵杏苗，现在已经长得很高了。
yé yé zài mén qián zhǒng le yī kē xìng miáo , xiàn zài yǐ jīng cháng dé hěn gāo le .
Grandpa planted an apricot sapling in front of the house, and it has grown quite tall now.
这棵近1900年树龄的银杏树，是电影里一棵古树的原型。
zhè kē jìn 1 9 0 0 nián shù líng de yín xìng shù , shì diàn yǐng lǐ yī kē gǔ shù de yuán xíng .
This ginkgo tree, which is nearly 1,900 years old, served as the inspiration for an ancient tree in the movie.
杏子猪排、段纯贞⋯原来都是它的!拆解王座“...
xìng zǐ zhū pái , duàn chún zhēn yuán lái dōu shì tā de ! chāi jiě wáng zuò . . .
Apricot Pork Chops, Duan Chunzhen... So they were all his! Breaking Down the Throne “...
园游.杏林|葵涌医院完成重建 医患携手迈进新里程
yuán yóu . xìng lín 葵 chōng yī yuàn wán chéng chóng jiàn yī huàn xié shǒu mài jìn xīn lǐ chéng
Yuanyou. Xinglin | Kwai Chung Hospital Completes Renovation; Doctors and Patients Join Hands to Embark on a New Chapter
杏林之耻!桃园涉偷拍狼医 判刑前仍可执业
xìng lín zhī chǐ ! táo yuán shè tōu pāi láng yī pàn xíng qián réng kě zhí yè
A disgrace to the medical profession! Doctor in Taoyuan accused of secret filming still allowed to practice pending sentencing
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced xìng
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