(guǒ) - fruit, result in Mandarin
guǒTraditional: 果
Translation
fruit, result
Word origin
A pictographic character showing a tree 木 with round fruit at the top, depicting fruit on a branch; the sense of result is a later metaphorical extension of something that ripens from a cause.
- Origin
- pictographic
- Root
- fruit drawn on top of a tree 木
Stroke order
果
Examples
雨。
If it rains, we won't go.
。
The result surprised us all.
。
He likes eating fruit.
。
His effort produced a good result.
。
The result of his effort is not bad.
果 (guǒ) means fruit, and by metaphorical extension, result. The conditional 如果 (if) literally reads 'like a fruit', framing the consequence as something that ripens from a cause.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 果.
Used in
Grammar articles
(6)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Verb-Object Verbs: Why 'To Eat' Is 吃饭 and How It Splits Apart
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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