菠蘿蜜
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See also: 菠萝蜜
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菠蘿蜜) | 菠 | 蘿 | 蜜 | |
| simp. (菠萝蜜) | 菠 | 萝 | 蜜 | |
| alternative forms | 波羅蜜／波罗蜜 菠羅蜜／菠罗蜜 | |||
Etymology
From 波羅蜜 (“paramita; perfection”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.
The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC pa la mjit, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC pa na sa, “jackfruit”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): bo1 lo4 mat6
- Northern Min (KCR): bó̤-lô̤-mĭ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): po-lô-bi̍t / pho-lô-bi̍t
- (Teochew, Peng'im): bo1 lo5 bhig8
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1pu-lu-miq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: bōluómì
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: boluómì
- Wade–Giles: po1-lo2-mi4
- Yale: bwō-lwó-mì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boluomih
- Palladius: боломи (bolomi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mi⁵¹/
- Homophones:
波羅蜜 / 波罗蜜
菠蘿蜜 / 菠萝蜜
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bo1 lo4 mat6
- Yale: bō lòh maht
- Cantonese Pinyin: bo1 lo4 mat9
- Guangdong Romanization: bo1 lo4 med6
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹ mɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bó̤-lô̤-mĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɔ⁵⁴ lɔ³³ mi²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po-lô-bi̍t
- Tâi-lô: po-lô-bi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: poiloi'bit
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /po⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /po⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pho-lô-bi̍t
- Tâi-lô: pho-lô-bi̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: phoiloi'bit
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³⁻³³ bit̚⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ bit̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bo1 lo5 bhig8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po lô bi̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bik̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: pa la mjit
Noun
菠蘿蜜
Synonyms
- (jackfruit):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 波那娑, 婆那娑, 波那沙, 半橠娑, 半娜娑 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菠蘿蜜, 木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿 | |
| Taxonomic name | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 菠蘿蜜 |
| Singapore | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 木菠蘿 |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 木菠蘿 | |
| Kokang | 牛肚子果 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菠蘿蜜, 大樹菠蘿, 木菠蘿 |
| Hong Kong | 大樹菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 大樹菠蘿 | |
| Taishan (Guanghai) | 樹菠蘿 | |
| Yangjiang | 菠蘿子 | |
| Nanning | 木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿 | |
| Nanning (Tanka) | 木菠蘿 | |
| Wuzhou | 木菠蘿 | |
| Yulin | 木菠蘿 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 木菠蘿 | |
| Guiping (Jintian) | 木菠蘿 | |
| Baise | 木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 木菠蘿 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 大菠蘿 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 芒加 | |
| Sarikei (Xinhui) | 大樹菠蘿 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Móng Cái | 木菠蘿 | |
| Mandalay (Taishan) | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 芒加 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 菠蘿蜜 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 芒加 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 芒加 | |
| Chaozhou | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Shantou | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Jieyang | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 芒加 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 芒加, 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Leizhou | 包蘿 | |
| Wenchang | 包蜜 | |
| Haikou | 包蜜 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 大樹菠蘿 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 木菠蘿 |
- (pineapple):
Dialectal synonyms of 菠蘿 (“pineapple”)