五爪蘋果

Chinese

		five	claw	apple
trad. (五爪蘋果)		五	爪	蘋果
simp. (五爪苹果)		五	爪	苹果
Literally: “five-claw apple”.

Etymology

Named for the five bumps on the bottom of a Red Delicious apple.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔzhuǎ píngguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔzhuǎ píngguǒ [Phonetic: wúzhuǎpíngguǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄚˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔjhuǎ píngguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-chua³ pʻing²-kuo³
    • Yale: wǔ-jwǎ píng-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuujoa pyngguoo
    • Palladius: учжуа пинго (učžua pingo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

五爪蘋果

1. (Taiwan) Red Delicious (variety of apple)

Synonyms

• 蛇果 (shéguǒ)