(guǒ zhī) - fruit juice in Mandarin
guǒzhīTraditional: 果汁
Translation
fruit juice
Stroke order
果
汁
Examples
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I drank a glass of fruit juice for breakfast.
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This is fresh orange juice.
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Children prefer fruit juice over fizzy drinks.
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Would you like fruit juice or tea?
榨。
She squeezes her own fruit juice at home.
果汁 (guǒzhī) is "fruit juice", from 果 (guǒ), short for 水果 (shuǐguǒ), "fruit", and 汁 (zhī), "juice, sap". A specific juice just adds the fruit name in front: 橙汁 (chéngzhī), "orange juice", 苹果汁 (píngguǒzhī), "apple juice".
It contrasts neatly with 汽水 (qìshuǐ), "fizzy drink": 果汁 (guǒzhī) is understood as the healthier, more natural option, and Chinese menus often group the two separately, juices under one heading and carbonated drinks under another.
Tone-wise, 汁 (zhī) is first tone, flat and level, easy to confuse with the very similar-sounding 知 (zhī), "to know", though the characters and contexts keep the two well apart in practice.
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