刺波

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	wave; (Cantonese) ball
simp. and trad. (刺波)		刺	波
alternative forms		刺藨

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-pho

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-pho
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-pho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiephoy
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ pʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ pʰɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

刺波

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) (wild) 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	洋桑葚兒
	Taiwan	草莓
	Harbin	馬林果兒
	Yantai (Muping)	破蔓頭
	Jinan	草莓
	Xi'an	草莓
	Yinchuan	草莓
	Jimsar	地飄兒
	Yangzhou	草莓
	Malaysia	草莓
	Singapore	草莓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	地皮兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	士多啤梨
	Hong Kong	士多啤梨
	Macau	士多啤梨
	Taishan (Guanghai)	莓果, 草莓, 士多啤梨
	Dongguan	士多啤梨
	Mandalay (Taishan)	紅果仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	草莓, 刺波
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	草莓, 刺波子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草莓
Southern Min	Xiamen	草莓
	Quanzhou	草莓
	Zhangzhou	草莓
	Zhao'an	草莓
	Taipei	草莓 GT, 刺波 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	strawberry
	Chaozhou	草莓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	草莓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)