番荔枝

Chinese

		(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (番荔枝)		番	荔枝
simp. #(番荔枝)		番	荔枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānlìzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ lai⁶ zi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-nāi-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānlìzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanlìjhih
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-li⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: fān-lì-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanlihjy
    • Palladius: фаньличжи (fanʹličži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ lai⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: fāan laih jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ lai⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ lei⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ lɐi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-nāi-chi
    • Tâi-lô: huan-nāi-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoannaixcy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² nãi²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ nãi⁴¹⁻²² t͡si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² nãi²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ nãi³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ nãi³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/

Noun

番荔枝

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)
2. (～屬) any plant in the genus Annona
3. (～科) any plant in the family Annonaceae

Synonyms

• 佛頭果／佛头果

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	釋迦, 釋迦果
	Singapore	釋迦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
	Hong Kong	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝, 番枝
	Dongguan	番鬼荔枝
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番鬼荔枝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	釋迦
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	佛果
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	佛果
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	釋迦, 沙梨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛心梨, 柅仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佛果, 釋迦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佛果, 釋迦
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	釋迦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	釋迦
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhangzhou	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhao'an	林檎
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	林檎
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	林檎
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	林檎
	Taipei	釋迦
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	釋迦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	釋迦
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	釋迦
	Yilan	釋迦
	Yilan (Luodong)	釋迦
	Yilan (Toucheng)	釋迦
	Changhua (Lukang)	釋迦
	Changhua (Yongjing)	釋迦
	Taichung	釋迦
	Tainan	釋迦
	Tainan (Anping)	釋迦
	Hsinchu	釋迦
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	釋迦
	Kinmen	釋迦
	Penghu (Magong)	釋迦
	Penghu (Xiyu)	釋迦
	Penang (Hokkien)	nona
	Singapore (Hokkien)	林檎
	Manila (Hokkien)	釋迦
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎
	Shantou (Chenghai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	林檎
	Singapore (Teochew)	林檎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	番荔枝

Derived terms

• 刺果番荔枝 (cìguǒ fānlìzhī)