蓮霧

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蓮霧)		蓮	霧
simp. (莲雾)		莲	雾

蓮霧。

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian jambu.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ mou⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lien-vu / lièn-vu / liên-fù

  (Hailu, HRS): lien vu^˖

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lián-bū / liám-bū / lián-bǔ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liêng⁵ bhu⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánwù
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-wu⁴
    • Yale: lyán-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianwuh
    • Palladius: ляньу (ljanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ mou⁶
    • Yale: lìhn mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ mou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴ vu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lièn-vu / liên-fù
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien^ˇ vu / lien^ˊ fu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lian² vu⁴ / lian¹ fu²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯en¹¹ vu⁵⁵/, /li̯en²⁴ fu¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lien vu^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /lien⁵⁵ vu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bū
    • Tâi-lô: lián-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liefnbu
    • IPA (Yilan): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ bu³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /liɛn⁴²⁻²⁴ bu²²/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liɛn⁵³⁻²⁴ bu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-bū
    • Tâi-lô: liám-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafmbu
    • IPA (Singapore): /liam⁴²⁻²⁴ bu²²/
    • IPA (Tainan): /liam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ bu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bǔ
    • Tâi-lô: lián-bǔ
    • IPA (Lukang): /liɛn⁵⁵⁻³⁵ bu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liêng⁵ bhu⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liêng bū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lieŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bu¹¹/

Noun

蓮霧

1. wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓮霧 (“wax apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蓮霧
	Malaysia	水蓊
	Singapore	水蓊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蓮霧
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蒜果, 茶泡, 白果, 菕蘆
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蓮霧
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蓮霧
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蓮霧
Southern Min	Taipei	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蓮霧
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	蓮霧
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	蓮霧
	Yilan	蓮霧
	Yilan (Toucheng)	蓮霧
	Changhua (Lukang)	蓮霧
	Taichung	蓮霧
	Tainan	蓮霧
	Tainan (Anping)	蓮霧
	Hsinchu	蓮霧
	Kinmen	蓮霧
	Penghu (Magong)	蓮霧
	Penghu (Xiyu)	蓮霧
	Penang (Hokkien)	染霧
	Singapore (Hokkien)	染霧
	Puning	無花果

See also

• 蒲桃 (pútáo)

References

• (Min Nan) “蓮霧”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.