弓蕉

Chinese

		a bow (weapon)	banana
trad. (弓蕉)		弓	蕉
simp. #(弓蕉)		弓	蕉

Etymology

Compound of 弓 (gōng, “bow”) and 蕉 (jiāo, “banana”), so called because of its curved, bow-like shape.

Alternative forms

• 芎蕉
• (Min Nan) 金蕉

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-chêu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng-chio / kin-chio / gêng-chio

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ zeu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chio / kin-chio / gêng-chio
    • Tâi-lô: king-tsio / kin-tsio / gîng-tsio
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengcioy, kincioy, gengcioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/, /kin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/, /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ t͡sio³³/, /kin³³ t͡sio³³/, /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sio³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/, /kin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/, /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/, /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sio⁴⁴/, /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sio⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/, /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

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1. (Southern Min, Hakka) banana

See also

• 香蕉 (xiāngjiāo)

References

• “Entry #538”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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