士多啤梨

士多啤梨

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (士多啤梨)		士	多	啤梨

Etymology

Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with 霉 (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìduōpílí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shìduōpílí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄆㄧˊ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhduopyili
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2
    • Yale: sih dō bē léi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ do¹ be¹ lei^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ do¹ bé¹ léi²
    • IPA ^(key): /siː²² tɔː⁵⁵ pɛː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

士多啤梨

1. (chiefly Cantonese) strawberry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 草莓 (“strawberry”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草莓
Taxonomic name		草莓
Mandarin	Beijing	草莓
	Taiwan	草莓
	Harbin	馬林果兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	士多啤梨
	Hong Kong	士多啤梨
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	草莓, 刺波
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	草莓, 刺波子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	草莓
Min Nan	Xiamen	草莓
	Quanzhou	草莓
	Zhangzhou	草莓
	Taipei	草莓, 刺波
	Kaohsiung	草莓, 刺波
	Penang	strawberry