猴頭果
Chinese
[edit]| monkey | head; (noun suffix) | fruit; result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (猴頭果) | 猴 | 頭 | 果 | |
| simp. (猴头果) | 猴 | 头 | 果 | |
| Literally: “monkey head fruit”. | ||||
Pronunciation
[edit]- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kâu-thâu-kó
- Tâi-lô: kâu-thâu-kó
- Phofsit Daibuun: kau'tau'koir
- IPA (Taipei): /kau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau²³⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
[edit]猴頭果
Synonyms
[edit]| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 獼猴桃 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 奇異果 |
| Harbin | 圓棗子 | |
| Singapore | 奇異果 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 楊桃, 狗卵蛋, 狗卵子, 馬屎坨, 馬屎坨坨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 奇異果 |
| Hong Kong | 奇異果, 奇偉果 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 奇異果 | |
| Sarikei (Xinhui) | kiwi | |
| Gan | Pengze | 洋勞畫 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 奇異果 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 奇異果 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 奇異果 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 奇異果 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 奇異果 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 奇異果 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 楊桃 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 毛冬瓜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 猴頭果 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 奇異果 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 獼猴桃 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 楊桃 |
References
[edit]- “猴頭果”, in 台語新詞辭庫 [Taiwanese Hokkien Neologism Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), 2023.