Usage of the character 棗
zǎo
枣
[棗]
- (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
yēzǎo
椰枣
[椰棗]
- date palm; date (fruit)
suānzǎo
酸枣
[酸棗]
- sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)
zuìzǎo
醉枣
[醉棗]
- dates in liquor
mìzǎo
蜜枣
[蜜棗]
- candied jujube
hǎizǎo
海枣
[海棗]
- date (fruit)
jīnzǎo
金枣
[金棗]
- oval kumquat; Nagami kumquat (Citrus margarita)
zǎozi
枣子
[棗子]
- dates
- jujube
qīngzǎo
青枣
[青棗]
- blue or green jujube
- Chinese green date
dàzǎo
大枣
[大棗]
- see 紅棗／红枣 (hóngzǎo)
hóngzǎo
红枣
[紅棗]
- jujube
- red date
jiǔzǎo
酒枣
[酒棗]
- dates in liquor
zǎoshù
枣树
[棗樹]
- jujube tree
- date tree
- Zizyphus vulgaris
- CL:棵 (kē)
Zǎoyáng
枣阳
[棗陽]
- Zaoyang, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊 ( Xiāngfán), Hubei
nánzǎo
南枣
[南棗]
- dried jujubes
Zǎoqiáng
枣强
[棗強]
- Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
zǎoní
枣泥
[棗泥]
- jujube paste
Zǎozhuāng
枣庄
[棗莊]
- Zaozhuang, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Zǎoqiángxiàn
枣强县
[棗強縣]
- Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 ( Héngshuǐ), Hebei
Zǎozhuāngshì
枣庄市
[棗莊市]
- Zaozhuang, prefecture-level city in Shandong
Zǎoyángshì
枣阳市
[棗陽市]
- Zaoyang, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊 ( Xiāngfán), Hubei
húlúntūnzǎo
囫囵吞枣
[囫圇吞棗]
- to swallow in one gulp (idiom)
- (fig.) to accept without thinking
- to lap up
wāiguālièzǎo
歪瓜劣枣
[歪瓜劣棗]
- ugly
- repulsive
- also written 歪瓜裂棗／歪瓜裂枣 (wāiguālièzǎo)
wāiguālièzǎo
歪瓜裂枣
[歪瓜裂棗]
- ugly
- repulsive
dǎyībāzhang,gěigètiánzǎo
打一巴掌，给个甜枣
[打一巴掌，給個甜棗]
- lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)
- fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation