Your Complete Guide to Getting Fruity in Chinese 🍓

Learn 56 Different Fruits in Mandarin

Want to learn all the different kinds of fruit in Chinese? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Time to get healthy!

What better way to get started than to fill up the shopping basket with some fruit and vegetables?

When you’re done learning fruit in Chinese check out our blog on vegetables in Chinese!

Fruits in Chinese || Most Common

Fruits in Chinese || Long List

Fruits in Chinese || Strange Chinese Fruits

Fruits in Chinese || Quiz

Fruits in Chinese || FAQs

Fruits in Chinese || Most Common

Check the top 20 most common fruit in Chinese with these simple flashcards!

Didn’t see what you’re looking for?

Search below for our full guide to learning all fruit in Chinese.

Are you a vegan or vegetarian living in China?

Being a vegan in China is not without its challenges. Thankfully there are others who have paved the way to show how it’s possible.

Check out our blog on being Vegetarian in China and some stories from our students who have “been there done that”!

Enjoying these flashcards of fruit in Chinese?

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Fruits in Chinese || Long List

Didn’t find the fruit you were looking for?

Not to worry we’ve translated them all with this helpful mega list of fruit in Chinese.

BONUS || Strange Chinese Fruits

Think we are done with Chinese Fruit? Not yet!

Now that you know how to name all of your favourite fruit in Chinese, let’s have a look at some unusual and strange fruits you might stumble upon during your stay in China.

China is a weird and wonderful place for many reasons, and Chinese fruit is another thing you can add to that list.

Want apples, pears and oranges? Sure no problem, but why have those when you can have…

Dragon Fruit, A Buddha’s Hand, and the much maligned Durian!

Chinese Fruit || What’s the Deal

Chinese fruit is BROAD, there are so many, some with familiar names, and some not! To be brutally honest, a lot of these fruits, despite an odd look to them, have wonderful flavour that is worth tucking into.

For example, let’s take the Mangosteen (which actually originated from Indonesia funnily enough).

Despite looking not so fruit like upon first glance, get peeling and you’ll discover a lovely fragrant smell, which gives off a tangy, rather sweet taste. Not so bad right?

The same cannot be said for Durian however.

The curse of many a foreigner, but why?

There is rarely a food, let alone Chinese fruit, that can split opinion so much like the Durian can.

Loved by locals and hated by foreigners. Let’s try and discover why.

Why is Durian hated? The odour itself is not pleasant, not pleasant at all to be frank. Trust us when we say that too. Take Singapore as an example. They have actually banned Durian from their Metro! THAT’S how bad it is

Despite this, a large portion of Chinese can’t get enough of its fleshy texture and taste. The Durian, in fact, is so loved in China that you can even get your hands on Durian sweeties and (cover your eyes Italian readers) Durian PIZZA.

Again trust us when we say, DO NOT TOUCH THEM!

They might all look a little bit weird, sure, but they actually are very tasty! Well…except maybe for the durian, people either hate it, or love it. But you’ll have to try to know 😉

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Fruit in Chinese || Quiz

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