pú tao
grapes
我喜欢吃葡萄。
wǒ xǐhuān chī pútao.
I like to eat grapes.
葡萄很甜。
pútao hěn tián.
Grapes are very sweet.
葡萄的颜色是紫色的。
pútao de yánsè shì zǐsè de.
The color of grapes is purple.
提子 (tízi)
grape
蒲萄 (pútáo)
grape
苹果 (píngguǒ)
apple
香蕉 (xiāngjiāo)
banana
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The Chinese word 葡萄 (pútao) for "grape" is a compound of two characters: 葡 (pú) and 萄 (táo). The character 葡 (pú) originally meant "grape" in ancient Chinese, and it is believed to have originated from the Old Chinese word *pʰwo, which was likely borrowed from an Iranian language. The character 萄 (táo) is a phonetic component that was added later to indicate the pronunciation of the word. The combination of these two characters, 葡萄 (pútao), has been used to refer to grapes in Chinese for centuries.
