“Apple” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages

In Japanese, “apple” is りんご (ringo). In Chinese it is 苹果 (píng guǒ).

Japanese
りんご

ringo

このりんごはとても甘いです。

This apple is very sweet.

Chinese (Simplified)
苹果

píng guǒ

这个苹果很甜。

This apple is very sweet.

Chinese counts it with the measure word 个: 一个苹果 means “one apple”.

“Apple” in 20 languages

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LanguageWordExample
Japanese りんご ringo このりんごはとても甘いです。
English apple /ˈæpl/ This apple is very sweet.
Chinese (Simplified) 苹果 píng guǒ 这个苹果很甜。
Chinese (Traditional) 蘋果 píng guǒ 這顆蘋果很甜。
Korean 사과 이 사과는 아주 달아요.
Spanish manzana Esta manzana es muy dulce.
French pomme Cette pomme est très sucrée.
German Apfel Dieser Apfel ist sehr süß.
Italian mela Questa mela è molto dolce.
Portuguese (Brazil) maçã Esta maçã é muito doce.
Russian яблоко Это яблоко очень сладкое.
Arabic تفاحة هذه التفاحة حلوة جدا.
Hindi सेब यह सेब बहुत मीठा है।
Indonesian apel Apel ini sangat manis.
Vietnamese táo Quả táo này rất ngọt.
Thai แอปเปิล แอปเปิลลูกนี้หวานมาก
Turkish elma Bu elma çok tatlı.
Dutch appel Deze appel is heel zoet.
Swedish äpple Det här äpplet är väldigt sött.
Polish jabłko To jabłko jest bardzo słodkie.