蛇果

Chinese

		snake; serpent	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (蛇果)		蛇	果

Etymology

Short for 地厘蛇果, from Cantonese 地厘蛇 (dei6 lei4-1 se4) + 果 (gwo2, “fruit”); the first element is borrowed from English delicious.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ gwo²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zo-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-kuo³
    • Yale: shé-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherguoo
    • Palladius: шэго (šɛgo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ gwo²
    • Yale: sèh gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ kʷɔː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zo-ku
    • MiniDict: zo^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²² ku⁴⁴/

Noun

蛇果

1. Red Delicious (variety of apple)