奇異果

See also: 奇异果

Chinese

		odd; peculiar; strange odd; peculiar; strange; weird; wondrous; bizarre; surprised; astonished; amazed; shocked	fruit; result
trad. (奇異果)		奇異	果
simp. (奇异果)		奇异	果

Etymology

奇異／奇异 is a phono-semantic matching of English kiwi (fruit).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíyìguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ ji⁶ gwo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhî-yí-kò
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-ī-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíyìguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíyìguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-i⁴-kuo³
    • Yale: chí-yì-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiyihguoo
    • Palladius: цииго (ciigo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ i⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ ji⁶ gwo²
    • Yale: kèih yih gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ ji⁶ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ yi⁶ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ jiː²² kʷɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî-yí-kò
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi´ i` goˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi<sup>1</sup> yi<sup>3</sup> go<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴ i³¹ ko¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhî-yí-kò
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi´ (r)i` goˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi¹ yi³ go²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi²⁴ (j)i³¹ ko¹¹/

Note: from Mandarin.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-ī-kó
    • Tâi-lô: kî-ī-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'ixkoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ i³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ i³³⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 奇異果

1. kiwi fruit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 獼猴桃 (“kiwi fruit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		獼猴桃
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	奇異果
	Harbin	圓棗子
	Singapore	奇異果
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	楊桃, 狗卵蛋, 狗卵子, 馬屎坨, 馬屎坨坨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	奇異果
	Hong Kong	奇異果, 奇偉果
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	奇異果
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	kiwi
Gan	Pengze	洋勞畫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	奇異果
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	奇異果
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	奇異果
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	奇異果
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	奇異果
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	奇異果
Huizhou	Jixi	楊桃
Northern Min	Wuyishan	毛冬瓜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	奇異果
Wu	Shanghai	獼猴桃
Xiang	Changsha	楊桃