弓蕉
Chinese
a bow (weapon) | banana | ||
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trad. (弓蕉) | 弓 | 蕉 | |
simp. #(弓蕉) | 弓 | 蕉 | |
alternative forms | 芎蕉 荊蕉/荆蕉 |
Etymology
Referring to the banana's curved, bow-like shape.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gung1 ziu1
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gung1 ziu1
- Yale: gūng jīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: gung1 dziu1
- Guangdong Romanization: gung1 jiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chêu
- Hakka Romanization System: giungˊ zeuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: giung1 zeu1
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Hui'an, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: geng-chio
- Tâi-lô: ging-tsio
- Phofsit Daibuun: gengcioy
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sio⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-chio
- Tâi-lô: khing-tsio
- Phofsit Daibuun: qengcioy
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sio³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Penang, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn-chio
- Tâi-lô: kirn-tsio
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gêng1 zio1 / gêng1 ziê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng tsio / keng tsie
- Sinological IPA (key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sio³³/, /keŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sie³³/
Note: gêng1 ziê1 - Chaozhou.
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 弓蕉
Synonyms
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.
- Duffus, William (1883) “bananas”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 17
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