菠蘿

See also: 菠萝

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (菠蘿)		菠	蘿
simp. (菠萝)		菠	萝
alternative forms		波羅／波罗 波蘿／波萝

Etymology

Clipping of 菠蘿蜜 (“paramita; jackfruit”), possibly influenced by reanalysis of the original word as 菠蘿 + 蜜, resulting in the dropping of 蜜 (“honey”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bōluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo¹ no²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бәлуә (bəluə, III-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bo¹ lo⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bo¹ lo^3*

• Jin (Wiktionary): be¹ le¹
• Southern Min

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo¹ lo⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bo¹ lo⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pu-lu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bo¹ lo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bōluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: boluó
    • Wade–Giles: po¹-lo²
    • Yale: bwō-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boluo
    • Palladius: боло (bolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bo¹ no²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bolo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵⁵ no²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бәлуә (bəluə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pə⁴⁴ luə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: bō lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bo¹ lo^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔ³³ lᵘɔ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: be¹ le¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɤ¹¹ lɤ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo¹ lo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: po lô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³⁻²³ lo⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: bo¹ lo⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pɔ³⁵⁻³³ lɔ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pu-lu
    • MiniDict: pu^平 lu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu-lu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵⁵ lu²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bo¹ lo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³ lo¹³/

Noun

菠蘿/菠萝

菠蘿

1. pineapple (plant, fruit)

   菠蘿汁兒／菠萝汁儿  ―  bōluó zhīr  ―  pineapple juice

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pineapple; hand grenade; explosive

Synonyms

• (pineapple):

Dialectal synonyms of 菠蘿 (“pineapple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菠蘿, 鳳梨, 楓梨 rare
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鳳梨
	Harbin	菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs, 風梨 dated
	Malaysia	黃梨
	Singapore	黃梨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	菠蘿
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	菠蘿
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	菠蘿
	Xuzhou	菠蘿
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	鳳梨, 菠蘿
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	菠蘿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	菠蘿
	Wuhan	菠蘿
	Guiyang	菠蘿
	Guilin	菠蘿
	Guilin (Lingui)	菠蘿
	Liuzhou	菠蘿
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	菠蘿
	Nanning (Wuming)	菠蘿
	Kokang	打鑼錘
	Dagudi (Maliba)	菠蘿
	Reshuitang (Longling)	菠蘿
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	菠蘿, 大籮錘
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	菠蘿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	菠蘿
	Yangzhou	菠蘿
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	菠蘿梨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	菠蘿
	Hong Kong	菠蘿
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	菠蘿
	Macau	菠蘿
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	菠蘿
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	菠蘿
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	菠蘿
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	菠蘿
	Foshan	菠蘿
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	菠蘿
	Foshan (Shunde)	菠蘿
	Foshan (Sanshui)	菠蘿
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	菠蘿
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	菠蘿
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	菠蘿
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	菠蘿
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	菠蘿
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	菠蘿
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	菠蘿
	Taishan	菠蘿
	Taishan (Guanghai)	菠蘿
	Kaiping (Chikan)	菠蘿
	Enping (Niujiang)	菠蘿
	Heshan (Yayao)	菠蘿
	Dongguan	菠蘿
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	菠蘿
	Maoming (Xinpo)	麻子, 菠蘿麻子
	Zhanjiang	麻子
	Lianjiang	麻子
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	麻子
	Nanning	菠蘿
	Nanning (Tanka)	菠蘿
	Wuzhou	菠蘿
	Yulin	菠蘿
	Rongxian	菠蘿
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	菠蘿
	Guiping	菠蘿
	Guiping (Jintian)	菠蘿
	Mengshan (Xihe)	菠蘿
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	菠蘿
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	菠蘿
	Baise	菠蘿
	Bobai	菠蘿
	Lingshan	菠蘿
	Pubei	菠蘿
	Qinzhou	菠蘿
	Beihai	菠蘿
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	地菠蘿, 番菠蘿
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	番菠蘿, 菠蘿仔
	Ningming	菠蘿
	Hengzhou	菠蘿
	Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	菠蘿
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	地菠蘿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	黃梨
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	黃梨
	Sarikei (Xinhui)	黃梨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	黃梨
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	菠蘿
	Móng Cái	地菠蘿
	Yangon (Taishan)	菠蘿, 黃梨
	Mandalay (Taishan)	菠蘿
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	黃梨
	Betong (Rongxian)	黃梨
Gan	Lichuan	菠蘿
	Pingxiang	菠蘿
Hakka	Meixian	黃梨, 菠蘿
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	菠蘿
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	菠蘿
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	菠蘿
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	菠蘿
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	菠蘿
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	菠蘿
	Wuhua (Changbu)	菠蘿
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	菠蘿
	Jiexi	番梨, 菠蘿
	Luhe	菠蘿
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	番梨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	黃梨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	黃梨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	黃梨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃梨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	黃梨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	番梨
	Hong Kong	菠蘿
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	菠蘿
	Mashan (Pianlian)	菠蘿
	Sabah (Longchuan)	黃梨, 菠蘿
	Senai (Huiyang)	黃梨
	Kuching (Hepo)	黃梨
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	黃梨
	Bangkok (Meixian)	黃梨
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	番梨
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	番梨
Huizhou	Jixi	菠蘿
Jin	Taiyuan	菠蘿
	Xinzhou	菠蘿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	菠蘿蜜
	Songxi	菠蘿
	Jianyang	菠蘿蜜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	黃梨
	Fuzhou (Changle)	黃梨
	Fuqing	黃梨, 芋梨
	Yongtai	黃梨
	Gutian	黃梨
	Fu'an	菠蘿
	Ningde	黃梨
	Shouning	黃梨
	Zhouning	黃梨, 菠蘿
	Fuding	菠蘿
	Matsu	黃梨
Southern Min	Xiamen	王梨
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	王梨
	Quanzhou	王梨
	Jinjiang	王梨
	Zhangzhou	王梨
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	王梨
	Pinghe	王梨
	Zhangpu	王梨
	Zhao'an	王梨
	Dongshan	王梨
	Taipei	王梨
	Taipei (Wanhua)	王梨
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	王梨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	王梨
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	王梨
	Kaohsiung	王梨
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	王梨
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	王梨
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	王梨
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	王梨
	Yilan	王梨
	Yilan (Toucheng)	王梨
	Changhua (Lukang)	王梨
	Taichung	王梨
	Taichung (Wuqi)	王梨
	Tainan	王梨
	Tainan (Anping)	王梨
	Taitung	王梨
	Hsinchu	王梨
	Kinmen	王梨
	Penghu (Magong)	王梨
	Penghu (Xiyu)	王梨
	Penang (Hokkien)	王梨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	王梨
	Manila (Hokkien)	王梨
	Longyan	王梨
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	王梨
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	菠蘿
	Pingnan (Sijie)	菠蘿
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	菠蘿
	Lechang (Tatou)	菠蘿
	Yingde (Yuzui)	菠蘿
	Yunan (Liantan)	菠蘿
	Chaozhou	番梨
	Raoping	番梨
	Shantou	番梨
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番梨
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	番梨
	Jieyang	番梨, 菠蘿
	Lufeng	王梨
	Haifeng	菠蘿
	Bangkok (Teochew)	紅梨
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	紅梨
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	紅梨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	紅梨
	Singapore (Teochew)	王梨
	Pontianak (Teochew)	紅梨, 王梨
	Leizhou	菠蘿, 櫓蔸籽, 日蔸籽
	Wenchang	菠蘿, 番簍
	Haikou	圓導, 番圓導
Puxian Min	Putian	王梨
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	王梨
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	王梨
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	王梨
	Xianyou	王梨
	Xianyou (Fengting)	王梨
	Xianyou (Youyang)	王梨
	Fuding (Aoyao)	王梨
Central Min	Yong'an	菠蘿
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	菠蘿
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	菠蘿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	菠蘿
	Nanning (Shajing)	菠蘿
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	菠蘿
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	菠蘿
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	菠蘿
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	菠蘿
Wu	Shanghai	菠蘿蜜, 菠蘿
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	菠蘿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	菠蘿
	Suzhou	菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs
	Danyang	菠蘿
	Hangzhou	菠蘿
	Ningbo	菠蘿
	Wenzhou	菠蘿
	Jinhua	菠蘿蜜, 菠蘿
Xiang	Changsha	菠蘿
	Quanzhou	菠蘿
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	菠蘿

• (hand grenade):

edit

• 手榴彈／手榴弹 (shǒuliúdàn)
• 手炸彈／手炸弹 (Puxian Min)
• 手雷 (shǒuléi)
• 手雷彈／手雷弹 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 大樹菠蘿／大树菠萝
• 木菠蘿／木菠萝 (mùbōluó)
• 樹菠蘿／树菠萝
• 菠蘿冰／菠萝冰
• 菠蘿包／菠萝包 (bōluóbāo)
• 菠蘿油／菠萝油 (bōluóyóu)
• 菠蘿莓／菠萝莓
• 菠蘿雞／菠萝鸡

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: boylof
• → Zhuang: bohloz