椪柑

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Chinese

		Machilus nanmu, variety of everg	large tangerine
simp. and trad. (椪柑)		椪	柑
alternative forms		胖柑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pènggān

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄥˋ ㄍㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pung³ gam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòng-kam

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pènggān
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄥˋ ㄍㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pènggan
  - Wade–Giles: pʻêng⁴-kan¹
  - Yale: pèng-gān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: penqgan
  - Palladius: пэнгань (pɛnganʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɤŋ⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pung³ gam¹
  - Yale: pung gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pung³ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pung³ gem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰʊŋ³³ kɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-kam
  - Tâi-lô: phòng-kam
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorngkafm
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kam⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Hui'an): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵⁴ kam³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kam³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kam⁴⁴/

Noun

椪柑

ponkan (Citrus poonensis)

Synonyms

蘆柑／芦柑 (lúgān)
(Hokkien) 西螺柑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椪	柑
ぽん Hyōgai	かん Jinmeiyō
kan'yōon	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
凸柑

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).

The initial pon is from Poona (modern Pune), a city in western India.^[1]^[2]

Compare Mandarin 椪柑 (pènggān) and Cantonese 椪柑 (pung³ gam¹).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ポンかん (Nakadaka – )^[2]
(Tokyo) ポンかん (Heiban – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

椪柑(ポンかん) or 椪柑(ポンカン) • (ponkan)

ponkan: a hybrid species of tangerine, Citrus poonesis
Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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