Day 9: Sweet & Juicy! Mandarin Words for Fruit 🍎🍌🍇

welcome to Day 9 of our 30-Day Thematic Chinese Word Challenge!

Hope you enjoyed learning about common foods and drinks yesterday! Today, we’re focusing on something sweet and healthy: Fruit (水果 – shuǐguǒ)! Knowing fruit names is great for grocery shopping, ordering drinks, or just talking about your favorite snacks.
Let’s learn 10 popular fruits in Mandarin Chinese!

Today’s 10 Thematic Words: Fruit

Which one is your favorite? Listen carefully to the pronunciation and tones in today’s video!

苹果 (píngguǒ) – Apple
香蕉 (xiāngjiāo) – Banana
葡萄 (pútao) – Grape(s)
西瓜 (xīguā) – Watermelon
草莓 (cǎoméi) – Strawberry
橙子 (chéngzi) – Orange
梨 (lí) – Pear
桃子 (táozi) – Peach
芒果 (mángguǒ) – Mango
柠檬 (níngméng) – Lemon

(These are common fruits you’ll find in many places!)

Watch Today’s Quick Lesson!

Ready for a fruity vocabulary boost? Watch our quick YouTube Short for Day 9 to hear these fruit names.

Practice Makes Perfect! Get the Day 9: Fruit Activity Pack!

Help your learners remember these tasty terms with our Day 9: Fruit Activity Pack!! It includes:

• Printable Flashcards (Character, Pinyin, English, Simple Illustration)
• Audio Files for pronunciation practice

Click Here to Purchase the Day 9  (€3.99)!

Save $$ with Bundles!

• Week 1 Bundle (Days 1-7)
• Week 2 Bundle (Days 8-14)

Following the Challenge?

Keep track of all the themes and mark your progress with the FREE Challenge Starter Kit!
Click Here to Get Your Free Starter Kit! 

Find all daily lessons and resources easily on our main challenge hub:
Visit the 30-Day Challenge Hub Page 

Great job on Day 9! Adding fruit names makes your vocabulary even richer.

Tomorrow’s Theme (Day 10): We’re getting our greens (and other colors!) with Vegetables (蔬菜 – shūcài)! See you then! 再见 (Zàijiàn)!