釋迦

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (釋迦)		釋	迦
simp. (释迦)		释	迦

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाक्य (śākya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-kâ / sit-kâ
• Min Nan (POJ): sek-ka / sek-kee / sek-khia / sek-kia / sek-kiau / sek-khiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: shìjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjia
    • Wade–Giles: shih4-chia1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世家 釋迦／释迦

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: sīk gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ käː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-kâ / sit-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid` ga´ / xid` ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ ga¹ / xid⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² ka²⁴/, /ɕit̚² ka²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sik-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kee
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khia
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqiaf
    • IPA (Yilan): /ɕiɪk̚²⁻⁵ kʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kia
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkiaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /ɕiɪk̚⁵ kia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kiau
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkiaw
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁵⁴ kiau⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khiau
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqiaw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiᴇk̚  kɨɑ/

Rime
Character	釋	迦
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	施隻切	居伽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/kɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/kiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/kɨa/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/kiɑ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/kǐɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/ki̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	ge1

Proper noun

釋迦

1. (～族) (historical, Buddhism) Shakya (a clan in the subcontinent of India)
2. (Buddhism) Short for 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní, “Sakyamuni Buddha”).

Noun

釋迦

1. (chiefly Taiwan and Min Nan) Short for 釋迦果／释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ, “sugar apple”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
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	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	佛果, 釋迦
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	釋迦仔, 沙梨仔, 沙梨, 牛心梨
	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
Min Nan	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
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎

Derived terms

• 奇美釋迦／奇美释迦
• 旺來釋迦／旺来释迦

• 蜜釋迦／蜜释迦
• 鳳梨釋迦／凤梨释迦 (fènglí shìjiā)