白果

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
fruit; result
simp. and trad.
(白果)
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Pronunciation


Note: báiguǒr - “ginkgo nut” or "chicken egg", Xiandai Hanyu Cidian only lists the latter.

Noun

白果

  1. ginkgo nut (Classifier: m;  m c)
    腐竹白果糖水 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    fu6 zuk1 baak6 gwo2 tong4 seoi2
    tofu skin and ginkgo sweet soup
  2. (~樹) ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, tree) (Classifier: m)
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, erhua-ed in Beijing Mandarin) chicken egg

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白果):
  • Korean: 백과(白果) (baekgwa)
  • Vietnamese: bạch quả (白果)

Others:

Proper noun

白果

  1. () Baiguo (a town in Macheng, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
  2. () Baiguo (a town in Jintang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
  3. () Baiguo (a township in Enshi City, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei, China)
  4. () Baiguo (a township in Zhongjiang, Deyang, Sichuan, China)
  5. () Baiguo (a township in Zhaohua district, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

白果

  1. chữ Hán form of bạch quả (ginkgo nut).