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Watermelon in Chinese

watermelon · HSK 3

西瓜 xī guā

  1. 西 xī west
  2. 瓜 guā melon

Counted with 个: 一个西瓜 yí gè xīguā

夏天吃西瓜最舒服了。 Eating watermelon in summer is the best.

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How do you say watermelon in Chinese?

Watermelon in Chinese is 西瓜 (xī guā).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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