榴槤

See also: 榴梿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (榴槤)		榴	槤
simp. (榴梿)		榴	梿
alternative forms		榴蓮／榴莲 榴連／榴连 流連／流连

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay durian, via Hokkien, where initial [d] and [l] are allophones of the same phoneme.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ lin⁴ / lau⁴ lin^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liù-liàn

  (Hailu, HRS): liu lien

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liu² liên²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû-liân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ liêng⁵ / liu⁵ liang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióulián
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-lien²
    • Yale: lyóu-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioulian
    • Palladius: люлянь (ljuljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 榴槤 / 榴梿 榴蓮 / 榴莲 榴連 / 榴连 流連 / 流连

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ lin⁴ / lau⁴ lin^4-2
    • Yale: làuh lìhn / làuh lín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ lin⁴ / lau⁴ lin^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lin⁴ / leo⁴ lin^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ liːn²¹/, /lɐu̯²¹ liːn²¹⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 榴槤 / 榴梿 流連 / 流连

Note:

• lau4 lin4 - Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou;
• lau4 lin4-2 - Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-liàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ lian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² lian²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ li̯an¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: liu lien
    • Sinological IPA: /liu⁵⁵ lien⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liu² liên²
    • Sinological IPA: /liu¹¹ liɛn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-liân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-liân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liulieen
    • IPA (Penang): /liu²³⁻²¹ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /liu²⁴⁻²¹ liɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ liɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ liêng⁵ / liu⁵ liang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû liêng / liû liâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lieŋ⁵⁵/, /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ liaŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• liu5 liêng5 - Chaozhou;
• liu5 liang5 - Shantou, Singapore.

Noun

榴槤

1. durian

   我不嬲都鍾意食榴槤㗎啦。你唔知㗎咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   我不嬲都钟意食榴梿㗎啦。你唔知㗎咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ bat¹ lau¹ dou¹ zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ lau⁴ lin⁴ gaa³ laa¹. nei⁵ m⁴ zi¹ gaa³ me¹? [Jyutping]

   I've always liked eating durian. Didn't you know?

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 榴槤 (“durian”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		榴槤
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	榴槤
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	榴槤
	Reshuitang (Longling)	榴槤
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	榴槤
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	榴槤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	榴槤
	Hong Kong	榴槤
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	榴槤
	Rongxian	榴槤
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	榴槤
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	榴槤
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	榴槤
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	榴槤
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	榴槤
	Móng Cái	榴槤
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	榴槤
	Betong (Rongxian)	榴槤
Hakka	Meixian	榴槤
	Dabu (Xihe)	榴槤
	Jiexi	榴槤
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	榴槤
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	榴槤
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	榴槤
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	榴槤
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	榴槤
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	榴槤
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	榴槤
	Senai (Huiyang)	榴槤
	Bangkok (Meixian)	榴槤
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	榴槤
Southern Min	Zhao'an	榴槤
	Tainan	榴槤
	Penang (Hokkien)	榴槤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	榴槤
	Chaozhou	榴槤
	Shantou	榴槤
	Jieyang	榴槤
	Bangkok (Teochew)	榴槤, 塗槤
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	塗槤
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	塗槤
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	塗槤
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	榴槤
	Pontianak (Teochew)	榴槤