番鬼荔枝

Chinese

		foreign devil; foreigner, especially a Westerner
trad. (番鬼荔枝)		番鬼	荔枝
simp. #(番鬼荔枝)		番鬼	荔枝

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ gwai² lai⁶ zi¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ gwai² lai⁶ zi¹
    • Yale: fāan gwái laih jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ gwai² lai⁶ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ guei² lei⁶ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ lɐi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 番鬼荔枝

1. (Cantonese) 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
	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