蘋果

See also: 苹果

Chinese

		apple; marsiliaceae; clover fern	fruit; result
trad. (蘋果)		蘋	果
simp. (苹果)		苹	果
alt. forms		蓬果 (phōng-kó; phông-; pông-) Min Nan 頻果／频果 nonstandard

Etymology

From abbreviation of the Sanskrit transcription 頻婆 + native Chinese 果 (“fruit”).

A 艹 (“grass”) radical was added to 頻 to make its meaning more apparent. See 頻婆 for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): píngguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): pin² go³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): ping⁴ gwo²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pen³ go²

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'pin² guo³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phìn-kó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pin² guo³

• Jin (Wiktionary): ping¹ gue²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phêng-kó / phêng-kó͘ / phiâng-kó / phiâng-kó͘ / phōng-kó / phông-kó / pêng-kó / pîn-kó / pông-kó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ping⁵ guê² / ping⁵ guên²

• Wu (Wiktionary): bin ku (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): bin² go³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: píngguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngguoo
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: pin² go³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pingo
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰin²¹ ko⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ gwo²
    • Yale: pìhng gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ guo²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ kʷɔː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pen³ go²
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰen²² kᵘɔ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'pin² guo³
    • IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰin²⁴ kuo²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phìn-kó
    • Hakka Romanization System: pinˇ go`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pin² go³
    • IPA: /pʰin¹¹ ko³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pin² guo³
    • IPA: /pʰin¹¹ kuo³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ping¹ gue²
    • IPA (old-style): /pʰxĩŋ¹¹ kuɤ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng-kó
    • Tâi-lô: phîng-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phengkoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /pʰeŋ²³⁻²¹ ko⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêng-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phîng-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phengkor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâng-kó
    • Tâi-lô: phiâng-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiangkoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiaŋ²⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiâng-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phiâng-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiangkor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiaŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taichung, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phōng-kó
    • Tâi-lô: phōng-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoxngkoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phông-kó
    • Tâi-lô: phông-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phongkoir
  • (Hokkien: dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pêng-kó
    • Tâi-lô: pîng-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengkoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-kó
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinkoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pông-kó
    • Tâi-lô: pông-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pongkoir
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔŋ²³⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ping⁵ guê² / ping⁵ guên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phîng kué / phîng kuéⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue⁵²/, /pʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kũẽ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: bin ku (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /b̻ɪɲ²² kv̩ʷ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bin² go³
    • IPA ^(key): /pin¹³ ko⁴¹/

Noun

蘋果

1. apple (fruit) (Classifier: 個／个)

Derived terms

• 蘋果光／苹果光
• 蘋果卷／苹果卷 (píngguǒjuǎn)
• 蘋果樹／苹果树 (píngguǒshù)
• 蘋果檨／苹果檨
• 蘋果汁／苹果汁 (píngguǒzhī)
• 蘋果派／苹果派 (píngguǒpài)

• 蘋果綠／苹果绿
• 蘋果臉／苹果脸
• 蘋果酒／苹果酒 (píngguǒjiǔ)
• 蘋果酸／苹果酸 (píngguǒsuān)
• 蘋果麵包／苹果面包
• 香蕉蘋果／香蕉苹果

Descendants

• Lü: ᦘᦲᧃᧉᦷᦅ (phiin²ko)

Proper noun

蘋果

1. Apple Inc.

Derived terms

• 果粉 (guǒfěn)

• 蘋果手機／苹果手机 (Píngguǒ shǒujī)

References

• “Entry #13055”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #340”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.