水蓊

Chinese

		water; river	a plant in bloom; thick
trad. (水蓊)		水	蓊
simp. #(水蓊)		水	蓊

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐwěng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐwěng [Phonetic: shuíwěng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiwǒng
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-wêng³
    • Yale: shwěi-wěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiwoeng
    • Palladius: шуйвэн (šujvɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wəŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

水蓊

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, dated in Hong Kong, Guangdong) wax apple

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓮霧 (“wax apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蓮霧
	Malaysia	水蓊
	Singapore	水蓊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蓮霧
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蒜果, 茶泡, 白果, 菕蘆
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蓮霧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蓮霧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蓮霧
Southern Min	Taipei	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	蓮霧
	Yilan	蓮霧
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蓮霧
	Changhua (Lukang)	蓮霧
	Taichung	蓮霧
	Tainan	蓮霧
	Tainan (Anping)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu	蓮霧
	Kinmen	蓮霧
	Penghu (Magong)	蓮霧
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蓮霧
	Penang (Hokkien)	染霧
	Singapore (Hokkien)	染霧
	Puning	無花果