鳳梨
Chinese
| male fenghuang | pear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鳳梨) | 鳳 | 梨 | |
| simp. (凤梨) | 凤 | 梨 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
鳳梨
- (chiefly Taiwan) pineapple
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 菠蘿 (“pineapple”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菠蘿, 鳳梨, 楓梨 rare | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 菠蘿 |
| Taiwan | 鳳梨 | |
| Harbin | 菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs, 風梨 dated | |
| Jinan | 菠蘿 | |
| Muping | 菠蘿 | |
| Xi'an | 菠蘿 | |
| Xuzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Ürümqi | 菠蘿 | |
| Wuhan | 菠蘿 | |
| Chengdu | 菠蘿 | |
| Guiyang | 菠蘿 | |
| Liuzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Yangzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Nanjing | 菠蘿 | |
| Malaysia | 黃梨 | |
| Singapore | 黃梨 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鳳梨, 菠蘿 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 菠蘿 |
| Hong Kong | 菠蘿 | |
| Foshan | 菠蘿 | |
| Shunde | 菠蘿 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 菠蘿 | |
| Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) | 菠蘿 | |
| Taishan | 菠蘿 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 菠蘿 | |
| Dongguan | 菠蘿 | |
| Nanning | 菠蘿 | |
| Wuzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Yulin | 菠蘿 | |
| Hepu | 菠蘿 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 黃梨 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 菠蘿 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 菠蘿 |
| Pingxiang | 菠蘿 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黃梨 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黃梨 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 黃梨 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 黃梨 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 黃梨 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 黃梨 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 番梨 | |
| Sabah | 黃梨, 菠蘿 | |
| Senai | 黃梨 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 菠蘿 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菠蘿 |
| Xinzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 菠蘿蜜 |
| Songxi | 菠蘿 | |
| Jianyang | 菠蘿蜜 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 黃梨 |
| Changle | 黃梨 | |
| Fuqing | 黃梨, 芋梨 | |
| Yongtai | 黃梨 | |
| Gutian | 黃梨 | |
| Fu'an | 菠蘿 | |
| Ningde | 黃梨 | |
| Shouning | 黃梨 | |
| Zhouning | 黃梨, 菠蘿 | |
| Fuding | 菠蘿 | |
| Matsu | 黃梨 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 王梨 |
| Quanzhou | 王梨 | |
| Zhangzhou | 王梨 | |
| Taipei | 王梨 | |
| Kaohsiung | 王梨 | |
| Tainan | 王梨 | |
| Taichung | 王梨 | |
| Wuqi | 王梨 | |
| Hsinchu | 王梨 | |
| Taitung | 王梨 | |
| Lukang | 王梨 | |
| Yilan | 王梨 | |
| Magong | 王梨 | |
| Penang | 王梨 | |
| Singapore | 王梨 | |
| Philippines (Manila) | 王梨 | |
| Pingnan | 菠蘿 | |
| Chaozhou | 番梨 | |
| Shantou | 番梨 | |
| Haifeng | 菠蘿 | |
| Johor Bahru | 紅梨 | |
| Wenchang | 菠蘿, 番簍 | |
| Haikou | 圓導, 番圓導 | |
| Leizhou | 菠蘿, 櫓蔸籽, 日蔸籽 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 王梨 |
| Xianyou | 王梨 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 菠蘿 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 菠蘿蜜 |
| Suzhou | 菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs | |
| Hangzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Wenzhou | 菠蘿 | |
| Chongming | 菠蘿 | |
| Danyang | 菠蘿 | |
| Jinhua | 菠蘿蜜, 菠蘿 | |
| Ningbo | 菠蘿 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 菠蘿 |
| Quanzhou | 菠蘿 | |
Derived terms
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Japanese
鳳梨 (hōri): two pineapple fruits growing on the pineapple plant.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 鳳 | 梨 |
| ほう Jinmeiyō | り Grade: S |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
From Chinese 鳳梨,[1][2], probably more specifically Cantonese, given that it was the Portuguese who first brought this fruit to East Asia, and the Portuguese were more active in southern China.
The pineapple was introduced to Japan relatively recently, with the earliest mentions around 1830.
The reading is the regular Japanese on'yomi (kan'on) for the Chinese spelling. Compare the modern Cantonese reading fung6 lei4.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) ほーり [hóꜜòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ho̞ːɾʲi]
Noun
鳳梨 (hiragana ほうり, rōmaji hōri)
- (archaic) pineapple, both the fruit and the plant
Usage notes
In modern Japanese, the term パイナップル (painappuru) is much more common.
Synonyms
- パイナップル (painappuru)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN