菠蘿蜜
See also: 菠萝蜜
Chinese
| phonetic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菠蘿蜜) | 菠 | 蘿 | 蜜 | |
| simp. (菠萝蜜) | 菠 | 萝 | 蜜 | |
| variant forms | 波羅蜜／波罗蜜 菠羅蜜／菠罗蜜 | |||
Etymology
From 波羅蜜 (“paramita; perfection”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.
The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC puɑ lɑ miɪt̚, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC puɑ nɑ sɑ, “jackfruit”).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 菠蘿蜜 (“jackfruit”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 波那娑、婆那娑、波那沙、半橠娑、半娜娑 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Taxonomic name | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 菠蘿蜜 |
| Taiwan | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Liuzhou | 木菠蘿 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菠蘿蜜、大樹菠蘿、木菠蘿 |
| Hong Kong | 大樹菠蘿 | |
| Nanning | 木菠蘿、樹菠蘿 | |
| Wuzhou | 木菠蘿 | |
| Yulin | 木菠蘿 | |
| Hepu | 木菠蘿 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | mangka | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Hakka | Senai | mangka |
| Min Nan | Penang | mangka |
| Singapore | mangka | |
| Johor Bahru | mangka | |
| Wenchang | 包蜜 | |
| Haikou | 包蜜 | |
| Leizhou | 包蘿 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 木菠蘿 |
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