莽吉柿

Chinese

		phonetic	persimmon
trad. (莽吉柿)		莽吉	柿
simp. #(莽吉柿)		莽吉	柿

Etymology

From Malay manggis (“mangosteen”) + Chinese 柿 (shì, “persimmon”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎngjíshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎngjíshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎngjíshìh
    • Wade–Giles: mang³-chi²-shih⁴
    • Yale: mǎng-jí-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maangjyishyh
    • Palladius: манцзиши (mancziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

莽吉柿

1. mangosteen

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 山竹 (“mangosteen”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		山竹, 莽吉柿
Mandarin	Taiwan	山竹
	Singapore	山竹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	山竹
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	山竹子
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	山竹
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	山竹
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	山竹
	Móng Cái	山竹
Hakka	Senai (Huiyang)	山竹
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	芒吉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	芒吉, 山竹
	Chaozhou	山竹
	Shantou	山竹
	Jieyang	山竹
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	芒吉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	芒吉