百香果

Chinese

		hundred	fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fruit; result
trad. (百香果)		百	香	果
simp. #(百香果)		百	香	果

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English passion fruit + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”). First used in Taiwan in 1960.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎixiāngguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ hoeng¹ gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎixiāngguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎisiangguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-hsiang¹-kuo³
    • Yale: bǎi-syāng-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeshiangguoo
    • Palladius: байсянго (bajsjango)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ hoeng¹ gwo²
    • Yale: baak hēung gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ hoeng¹ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ hêng¹ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

百香果

Noun

百香果

1. passion fruit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 百香果 (“passion fruit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西番蓮果, 百香果, 西番果
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	百香果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	百香果, 雞蛋果
	Hong Kong	熱情果
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	雞蛋果
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	時計果2, 時鐘墜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	百香果, 時計果1, 時計果2
Southern Min	Taipei	百香果
	Kaohsiung	時計果1
	Yilan	番仔𡳞脬
	Changhua (Lukang)	時計果1
	Taichung	時計果1
	Taichung (Wuqi)	時計果1
	Tainan	時計果1
	Taitung	時計果1
	Hsinchu	百香果
	Penghu (Magong)	時計果1

Korean

Hanja in this term
百	香	果

Noun

百香果 • (baekhyanggwa) (hangeul 백향과)

1. hanja form^? of 백향과 (“passion fruit”)