士多啤梨

Chinese

phonetic
simp. and trad.
(士多啤梨)
啤梨

Etymology

Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).

Pronunciation


Noun

士多啤梨

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) strawberry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草莓 (“strawberry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 草莓
Taxonomic name 草莓
Mandarin Beijing 草莓
Taiwan 草莓
Harbin 馬林果兒
Cantonese Guangzhou 士多啤梨
Hong Kong 士多啤梨
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 草莓, 刺波仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 草莓, 刺波仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 草莓, 竻波仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 草莓, 刺波
Hsinchu (Raoping) 草莓, 竻波仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 草莓, 刺波子
Min Dong Fuzhou 草莓
Min Nan Xiamen 草莓
Quanzhou 草莓
Zhangzhou 草莓
Taipei 草莓, 刺波
Kaohsiung 草莓, 刺波
Penang strawberry
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