Chinese symbol for “avocado”
牛油果
niú yóu guǒ
avocado (Persea americana); shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for avocado is 牛油果 (niú yóu guǒ), defined as: avocado (Persea americana); shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “avocado”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳄梨 (鱷梨) | è lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 南美梨 | nán měi lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
| 奶油果 | nǎi yóu guǒ | avocado |
| 酪梨 | lào lí | (Tw) avocado (Persea americana); Taiwan pr. [luo4li2] |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 牛油果.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; measure word: 瓶 (píng), 杯 (bēi) |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 牛顿 (牛頓) | niú dùn | newton (SI unit of force) |
| 牛仔裤 (牛仔褲) | niú zǎi kù | jeans; 条 (tiáo) |
| 牛仔 | niú zǎi | cowboy |
| 公牛 | gōng niú | bull |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
See also: Japanese symbol for “avocado”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.