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番茄

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Chinese

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(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
 
eggplant
trad. (番茄)
simp. #(番茄)
alternative forms 蕃茄
Literally: “foreign eggplant”.

Etymology

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Compare Thai มะเขือเทศ (má-kʉ̌ʉa-têet, tomato) ( < มะเขือ (má-kʉ̌ʉa, eggplant) + เทศ (têet, foreign)).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • huang1 giê5 - Chaozhou;
  • huang1 gio5 - Shantou, Jieyang.

Noun

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番茄

  1. tomato [from 19th c.] (Classifier: m c;  m c)
  2. (Xianyou Puxian Min, Luoyuan Shehua) chilli pepper
  3. (obsolete) round varieties of aubergine
    • 1313, 王禎, 農書:
      茄……又一種白花青色稍匾,一種白而匾者,皆謂之番茄
      Aubergine... a variety that is green, mottled with white, and slightly flat, and one that is white and flat, both are called foreign aubergine.

Synonyms

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  • (tomato):
  • (chilli pepper):

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Zhuang: fanhgez

References

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  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “番茄”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 291.