‘蓝莓’ is a compound noun meaning ‘blueberry’ — the small, round, dark blue fruit of certain shrubs in the genus Vaccinium. The first character 蓝 (lán) means ‘blue’, describing the fruit’s characteristic deep blue or purple-blue skin; the second character 莓 (méi) means ‘berry’, indicating its botanical category as a fleshy, edible fruit with many tiny seeds. Together, they form a transparent, descriptive compound common in modern Chinese for naming fruits and plants.

This word is used in everyday contexts such as grocery shopping, cooking, nutrition discussions, and agriculture. It appears in both spoken and written Chinese — from food labels and health articles to children’s picture books about fruits. Unlike some loanwords, 蓝莓 is fully nativized: it follows standard Mandarin pronunciation and grammar rules, and can take measure words like 颗 (kē) for individual berries or 盒 (hè) for packaged goods.