奇異果

See also: 奇异果

Chinese

fruit; result
trad. (奇異果) 奇異
simp. (奇异果) 奇异

Etymology

奇異奇异 is a phono-semantic matching of English kiwi (fruit).

Pronunciation


Note: from Mandarin.

Noun

奇異果

  1. kiwi fruit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 獼猴桃 (“kiwi fruit”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 獼猴桃
Mandarin Beijing 獼猴桃
Taiwan 奇異果
Cantonese Hong Kong 奇異果, 奇偉果
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 奇異果
Liudui (S. Sixian) 奇異果
Hsinchu (Hailu) 奇異果
Dongshi (Dabu) 奇異果
Hsinchu (Raoping) 奇異果
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 奇異果
Wu Shanghai 獼猴桃
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