獼猴桃

See also: 猕猴桃

Chinese

		rhesus macaque	peach
trad. (獼猴桃)		獼猴	桃
simp. (猕猴桃)		猕猴	桃

Etymology

Apparently named after how monkeys, such as the rhesus macaque, particularly enjoy eating this fruit.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míhóutáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2 / nei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-gheu-dau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míhóutáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míhóutáo
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-hou²-tʻao²
    • Yale: mí-hóu-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihourtaur
    • Palladius: михоутао (mixoutao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míhóutáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄏㄡˊ ㄊㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míhóutáor
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-hou²-tʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: mí-hóu-táur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihourtaurl
    • Palladius: михоутаор (mixoutaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵ tʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2 / nei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2
    • Yale: mèih hàuh tóu / nèih hàuh tóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2 / nei⁴ hau⁴ tou^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ heo⁴ tou^4-2 / néi⁴ heo⁴ tou^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /nei̯²¹ hɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-gheu-dau
    • MiniDict: mi^去 gheu dau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-hheu-dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² ɦɤ⁵⁵ dɔ²¹/

Noun

獼猴桃

1. kiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 獼猴桃 (“kiwi fruit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Descendants

• → Uyghur: مىخۇتاۋ (mixutaw)