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我喜欢吃梨。
wǒ xǐhuān chī lí.
I like to eat pears.
这个梨很甜。
zhège lí hěn tián.
This pear is very sweet.
梨子是一种水果。
lízi yī zhǒng shuǐguǒ.
Pear is a kind of fruit.
梨子 (lízi)
pear
白梨 (báilí)
white pear
桃 (tao2)
peach
李 (li3)
plum
The Chinese character 梨 (lí) for "pear" is a pictophonetic character, combining a phonetic element and a semantic element. The phonetic element is 里 (lǐ), which is pronounced similarly to 梨. The semantic element is 木 (mù), which means "tree" or "wood". Together, the character 梨 represents a "tree that bears pears".The earliest known form of the character 梨 appears in oracle bone script, dating back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC). In oracle bone script, the character is depicted as a tree with a round fruit hanging from it. The character evolved over time, and by the time of the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), it had taken on its modern form.The character 梨 is used in a variety of Chinese words and phrases related to pears. For example, it is used in the word 梨子 (lízi), which means "pear", and in the phrase 梨花带雨 (líhuā dài yǔ), which means "pear blossoms in the rain" and is used to describe a beautiful woman crying.
