(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.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 果.
Used in
Grammar articles
(16)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
Chinese Measure Words (Mandarin Classifiers): The Core Dozen, Which One Your Noun Takes, and the Safe Default
Mandarin Conditionals: 如果, 要是, 的话 and the 就 That Finishes the Sentence
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
How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected
Mandarin Rhetorical Questions: 难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不
Mandarin Verb-Object Verbs: Why 'To Eat' Is 吃饭 and How It Splits Apart
Mandarin Sentence Structure: Word Order, Topic-Comment and the 把 Construction
无论 and 不管 in Mandarin: The No Matter What Frame (无论/不管 ... 都/也)
又 (yòu) vs 再 (zài) vs 还 (hái) in Mandarin: The Three Ways to Say 'Again'
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
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