| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (士多啤梨) | 士 | 多 | 啤梨 | |
| simp. #(士多啤梨) | 士 | 多 | 啤梨 | |
Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with 霉 (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).
士多啤梨
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 草莓 | |
| Taxonomic name | 草莓 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 洋桑葚兒 |
| Taiwan | 草莓 | |
| Harbin | 馬林果兒 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 破蔓頭 | |
| Jinan | 草莓 | |
| Xi'an | 草莓 | |
| Yinchuan | 草莓 | |
| Jimsar | 地飄兒 | |
| Yangzhou | 草莓 | |
| Malaysia | 草莓 | |
| Singapore | 草莓 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 地皮兒 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 士多啤梨 |
| Hong Kong | 士多啤梨 | |
| Macau | 士多啤梨 | |
| Taishan (Guanghai) | 莓果, 草莓, 士多啤梨 | |
| Dongguan | 士多啤梨 | |
| Mandalay (Taishan) | 紅果仔 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 草莓, 刺波仔 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 草莓, 刺波仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 草莓, 竻波仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 草莓, 刺波 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 草莓, 竻波仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 草莓, 刺波子 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 草莓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 草莓 |
| Quanzhou | 草莓 | |
| Zhangzhou | 草莓 | |
| Zhao'an | 草莓 | |
| Taipei | 草莓 GT, 刺波 GT | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | strawberry | |
| Chaozhou | 草莓 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 草莓 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |