百香果

百香果

Chinese

		hundred	fragrant; incense; (of food) savory fragrant; incense; (of food) savory; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (百香果)		百	香	果

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English passion fruit + 果 (guǒ, “fruit”). First used in Taiwan in 1960.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎixiāngguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ hoeng¹ gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎixiāngguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baeshiangguuo
    • IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ hoeng¹ gwo²
    • Yale: baak hēung gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ hoeng¹ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ hêng¹ guo²
    • IPA ^(key): /päːk̚³ hœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/

Noun

百香果

1. passion fruit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 百香果 (“passion fruit”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		西番蓮果, 百香果, 西番果
Mandarin	Beijing	雞蛋果
	Taiwan	百香果
Cantonese	Hong Kong	熱情果
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	時計果2
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	時計果2
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Dongshi (Dabu)	時計果2, 時鐘墜
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	時計果1, 時計果2
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	百香果
Min Nan	Taipei	百香果
	Kaohsiung	時計果1
	Tainan	時計果1
	Taichung	時計果1
	Wuqi	時計果1
	Hsinchu	百香果
	Taitung	時計果1
	Lukang	時計果1
	Yilan	番仔𡳞脬
	Magong	時計果1