"plum" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
布林 bù lín plum (loanword)
梅子 méi zi plum syn
李子 lǐ zi plum / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
plum syn
méi variant of 梅[mei2] / plum
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
花魁 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan syn
梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn
青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn
话梅 話梅 huà méi plum candy / preserved plum
酸梅 suān méi preserved plum / (esp.) smoked plum / dark plum syn
李树 李樹 lǐ shù plum tree
投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb syn
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
èr acid variety of jujube plum
以李报桃 以李報桃 yǐ lǐ bào táo lit. give a plum in exchange for a peach / to return a favor (idiom)
梅核气 梅核氣 méi hé qì (TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm
梅花拳 méi huā quán Meihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
槜李 zuì lǐ plum with bright red skin
粗榧 cū fěi Chinese plum-yew / Cephalotaxus sinensis (botany)
踏雪寻梅 踏雪尋梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠 瓜田不納履,李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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