佛果

Chinese

		Buddha; Buddhism	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (佛果)		佛	果

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ gwo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu̍t-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-kuo³
    • Yale: fwó-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forguoo
    • Palladius: фого (fogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ gwo²
    • Yale: faht gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² kʷɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu̍t-kó
    • Hakka Romanization System: fud go`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fud⁶ go³
    • Sinological IPA: /fut̚⁵ ko³¹/

Noun

佛果

1. (Buddhism) enlightenment as a result; arhatship
2. (Taiwanese Hakka) sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	釋迦, 釋迦果
Mandarin	Singapore	釋迦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
	Hong Kong	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝, 番枝
	Dongguan	番鬼荔枝
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番鬼荔枝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	釋迦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	釋迦, 沙梨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛心梨, 柅仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佛果, 釋迦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佛果, 釋迦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	釋迦
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhangzhou	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhao'an	林檎
	Taipei	釋迦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung	釋迦
	Yilan	釋迦
	Changhua (Lukang)	釋迦
	Taichung	釋迦
	Tainan	釋迦
	Hsinchu	釋迦
	Kinmen	釋迦
	Penghu (Magong)	釋迦
	Penang (Hokkien)	nona
	Singapore (Hokkien)	林檎
	Manila (Hokkien)	釋迦
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎
	Shantou (Chenghai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	林檎
	Singapore (Teochew)	林檎

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛果):

• → Japanese: 仏果(ぶっか) (bukka)
• → Korean: 불과(佛果) (bulgwa)
• → Vietnamese: phật quả (佛果)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “佛果” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].