百香果
Chinese
| hundred | fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular |
fruit; result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (百香果) |
百 | 香 | 果 | |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English passion fruit + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”). First used in Taiwan in 1960.
Pronunciation
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 百香果 (“passion fruit”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 西番蓮果, 百香果, 西番果 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 雞蛋果 |
| Taiwan | 百香果 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 熱情果 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 時計果2 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 時計果2 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 時計果1, 時計果2 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 時計果2, 時鐘墜 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 時計果1, 時計果2 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 百香果 | |
| Min Nan | Taipei | 百香果 |
| Kaohsiung | 時計果1 | |
| Tainan | 時計果1 | |
| Taichung | 時計果1 | |
| Wuqi | 時計果1 | |
| Hsinchu | 百香果 | |
| Taitung | 時計果1 | |
| Lukang | 時計果1 | |
| Yilan | 番仔𡳞脬 | |
| Magong | 時計果1 | |
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