士多啤梨

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (士多啤梨)		士	多	啤梨
simp. #(士多啤梨)		士	多	啤梨

Etymology

Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with 霉 (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìduōpílí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìduōpílí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhduopílí
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-to¹-pʻi²-li²
    • Yale: shr̀-dwō-pí-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhduopyili
    • Palladius: шидопили (šidopili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2
    • Yale: sih dō bē léi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ do¹ bé¹ léi^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tɔː⁵⁵ pɛː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

士多啤梨

1. (chiefly Cantonese) strawberry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草莓 (“strawberry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草莓
Taxonomic name		草莓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	洋桑葚兒
	Taiwan	草莓
	Harbin	馬林果兒
	Malaysia	草莓
	Singapore	草莓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	草莓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	破蔓頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	草莓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	地皮兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	草莓
	Jimsar	地飄兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	草莓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	士多啤梨
	Hong Kong	士多啤梨
	Macau	士多啤梨
	Taishan (Guanghai)	莓果, 草莓, 士多啤梨
	Dongguan	士多啤梨
	Mandalay (Taishan)	紅果仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	草莓, 刺波
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	草莓, 刺波子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草莓
Southern Min	Xiamen	草莓
	Quanzhou	草莓
	Zhangzhou	草莓
	Zhao'an	草莓
	Taipei	草莓 GT, 刺波 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	strawberry
	Chaozhou	草莓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	草莓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)