Chinese [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From 波羅蜜 (“paramita ; perfection ”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.
The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC pa la mjit , “paramita ”) and 波那娑 (MC pa na sa , “jackfruit ”).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Rime
Character
菠
蘿
蜜
Reading #
1/1
1/1
1/1
Initial (聲 )
幫 (1)
來 (37)
明 (4)
Final (韻 )
戈 (95)
歌 (94)
質 (48)
Tone (調 )
Level (Ø)
Level (Ø)
Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合 )
Closed
Open
Open
Division (等 )
I
I
III
Fanqie
博 禾 切
魯 何 切
彌 畢 切
Baxter
pa
la
mjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/miɪt̚ /
Pan Wuyun
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/mit̚ /
Shao Rongfen
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/mjet̚ /
Edwin Pulleyblank
/pwa /
/la /
/mit̚ /
Li Rong
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/miĕt̚ /
Wang Li
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/mĭĕt̚ /
Bernard Karlgren
/puɑ /
/lɑ /
/mi̯ĕt̚ /
Expected Mandarin Reflex
bō
luó
mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex
bo1
lo4
mat6
菠蘿蜜
jackfruit ; breadfruit
( dialectal Mandarin , Northern Min , Wu ) pineapple
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
菠蘿蜜 (“jackfruit”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
波那娑 , 婆那娑 , 波那沙 , 半橠娑 , 半娜娑
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
菠蘿蜜 , 木菠蘿 , 樹菠蘿
Taxonomic name
菠蘿蜜
Mandarin
Taiwan
菠蘿蜜
Liuzhou
木菠蘿
Nanning (Wuming)
木菠蘿
Singapore
菠蘿蜜
Kokang
牛肚子果
Cantonese
Guangzhou
菠蘿蜜 , 大樹菠蘿 , 木菠蘿
Hong Kong
大樹菠蘿 , 菠蘿蜜
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
大樹菠蘿
Taishan (Guanghai)
樹菠蘿
Yangjiang
菠蘿子
Nanning
木菠蘿 , 樹菠蘿
Nanning (Tanka)
木菠蘿
Wuzhou
木菠蘿
Yulin
木菠蘿
Hepu (Lianzhou)
木菠蘿
Guiping (Jintian)
木菠蘿
Baise
木菠蘿 , 樹菠蘿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
木菠蘿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
大菠蘿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
芒加
Sarikei (Xinhui)
大樹菠蘿
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
菠蘿蜜
Móng Cái
木菠蘿
Mandalay (Taishan)
菠蘿蜜
Hakka
Senai (Huiyang)
芒加
Southern Min
Xiamen
菠蘿蜜
Penang (Hokkien)
芒加
Singapore (Hokkien)
芒加
Chaozhou
菠蘿蜜
Shantou
菠蘿蜜
Shantou (Chenghai)
菠蘿蜜
Jieyang
菠蘿蜜
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
芒加
Singapore (Teochew)
芒加 , 菠蘿蜜
Pontianak (Teochew)
菠蘿蜜
Leizhou
包蘿
Wenchang
包蜜
Haikou
包蜜
Zhongshan Min
Sanxiang
大樹菠蘿
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
木菠蘿
Dialectal synonyms of
菠蘿 (“pineapple”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
菠蘿 , 鳳梨 , 楓梨 rare
Mandarin
Taiwan
鳳梨
Harbin
菠蘿 , 菠蘿蜜 suburbs , 風梨 dated
Yantai (Muping)
菠蘿
Jinan
菠蘿
Xi'an
菠蘿
Ürümqi
菠蘿
Wuhan
菠蘿
Chengdu
菠蘿
Guiyang
菠蘿
Guilin
菠蘿
Guilin (Lingui)
菠蘿
Liuzhou
菠蘿
Liuzhou (Luorong)
菠蘿
Nanning (Wuming)
菠蘿
Xuzhou
菠蘿
Yangzhou
菠蘿
Nanjing
菠蘿
Yanping
菠蘿梨
Malaysia
黃梨
Singapore
黃梨
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
鳳梨 , 菠蘿
Kokang
打鑼錘
Dagudi (Maliba)
菠蘿
Reshuitang (Longling)
菠蘿
Mae Salong (Lancang)
菠蘿 , 大籮錘
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
菠蘿
Cantonese
Guangzhou
菠蘿
Hong Kong
菠蘿
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
菠蘿
Macau
菠蘿
Guangzhou (Panyu)
菠蘿
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
菠蘿
Guangzhou (Conghua)
菠蘿
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
菠蘿
Foshan
菠蘿
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
菠蘿
Foshan (Shunde)
菠蘿
Foshan (Sanshui)
菠蘿
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
菠蘿
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
菠蘿
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
菠蘿
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
菠蘿
Zhuhai (Doumen)
菠蘿
Jiangmen (Baisha)
菠蘿
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
菠蘿
Taishan
菠蘿
Taishan (Guanghai)
菠蘿
Kaiping (Chikan)
菠蘿
Enping (Niujiang)
菠蘿
Heshan (Yayao)
菠蘿
Dongguan
菠蘿
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
菠蘿
Maoming (Xinpo)
麻子 , 菠蘿麻子
Zhanjiang
麻子
Lianjiang
麻子
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
麻子
Nanning
菠蘿
Nanning (Tanka)
菠蘿
Wuzhou
菠蘿
Yulin
菠蘿
Hepu (Lianzhou)
菠蘿
Guiping
菠蘿
Guiping (Jintian)
菠蘿
Mengshan (Xihe)
菠蘿
Guigang (Nanjiang)
菠蘿
Beiliu (Tangliao)
菠蘿
Baise
菠蘿
Bobai
菠蘿
Lingshan
菠蘿
Pubei
菠蘿
Qinzhou
菠蘿
Beihai
菠蘿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
地菠蘿 , 番菠蘿
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
番菠蘿 , 菠蘿仔
Ningming
菠蘿
Hengzhou
菠蘿
Hezhou (Pumen)
菠蘿
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
地菠蘿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
黃梨
Ipoh (Guangfu)
黃梨
Sarikei (Xinhui)
黃梨
Singapore (Guangfu)
黃梨
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
菠蘿
Móng Cái
地菠蘿
Yangon (Taishan)
菠蘿 , 黃梨
Mandalay (Taishan)
菠蘿
Bangkok (Guangfu)
黃梨
Gan
Lichuan
菠蘿
Pingxiang
菠蘿
Hakka
Meixian
黃梨
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
菠蘿
Dongguan (Qingxi)
菠蘿
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
菠蘿
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
菠蘿
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
菠蘿
Wuhua (Huacheng)
菠蘿
Wuhua (Changbu)
菠蘿
Conghua (Lütian)
菠蘿
Jiexi
番梨
Luhe
菠蘿
Pinghe (Jiufeng)
番梨
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
黃梨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
黃梨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
黃梨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
黃梨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
黃梨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
番梨
Hong Kong
菠蘿
Beiliu (Tang'an)
菠蘿
Mashan (Pianlian)
菠蘿
Sabah (Longchuan)
黃梨 , 菠蘿
Senai (Huiyang)
黃梨
Kuching (Hepo)
黃梨
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
黃梨
Bangkok (Meixian)
黃梨
Bangkok (Fengshun)
番梨
Bangkok (Jiexi)
番梨
Huizhou
Jixi
菠蘿
Jin
Taiyuan
菠蘿
Xinzhou
菠蘿
Northern Min
Jian'ou
菠蘿蜜
Songxi
菠蘿
Jianyang
菠蘿蜜
Eastern Min
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
Southern Min
Xiamen
王梨
Xiamen (Tong'an)
王梨
Quanzhou
王梨
Jinjiang
王梨
Zhangzhou
王梨
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
王梨
Pinghe
王梨
Zhangpu
王梨
Zhao'an
王梨
Dongshan
王梨
Taipei
王梨
Taipei (Wanhua)
王梨
New Taipei (Tamsui)
王梨
New Taipei (Sanxia)
王梨
New Taipei (Pingxi)
王梨
Kaohsiung
王梨
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
王梨
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
王梨
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
王梨
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
王梨
Yilan
王梨
Yilan (Toucheng)
王梨
Changhua (Lukang)
王梨
Taichung
王梨
Taichung (Wuqi)
王梨
Tainan
王梨
Tainan (Anping)
王梨
Taitung
王梨
Hsinchu
王梨
Kinmen
王梨
Penghu (Magong)
王梨
Penghu (Xiyu)
王梨
Penang (Hokkien)
王梨
Singapore (Hokkien)
王梨
Manila (Hokkien)
王梨
Longyan
王梨
Zhangping (Yongfu)
王梨
Pingnan (Shangdu)
菠蘿
Pingnan (Sijie)
菠蘿
Pingle (Zhoutang)
菠蘿
Lechang (Tatou)
菠蘿
Yingde (Yuzui)
菠蘿
Yunan (Liantan)
菠蘿
Chaozhou
番梨
Raoping
番梨
Shantou
番梨
Shantou (Chenghai)
番梨
Shantou (Chaoyang)
番梨
Jieyang
番梨 , 菠蘿
Lufeng
王梨
Haifeng
菠蘿
Bangkok (Teochew)
紅梨
Chiang Mai (Teochew)
紅梨
Hat Yai (Teochew)
紅梨
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
紅梨
Singapore (Teochew)
王梨
Pontianak (Teochew)
紅梨 , 王梨
Leizhou
菠蘿 , 櫓蔸籽 , 日蔸籽
Wenchang
菠蘿 , 番簍
Haikou
圓導 , 番圓導
Puxian Min
Putian
王梨
Putian (Donghai)
王梨
Putian (Jiangkou)
王梨
Putian (Nanri)
王梨
Xianyou
王梨
Xianyou (Fengting)
王梨
Xianyou (Youyang)
王梨
Fuding (Aoyao)
王梨
Central Min
Yong'an
菠蘿
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
菠蘿
Sanxiang
菠蘿
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
菠蘿
Nanning (Shajing)
菠蘿
Binyang (Xinqiao)
菠蘿
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Chaoyang)
菠蘿
Guilin (Zhuyuan)
菠蘿
Lingchuan (Tanxia)
菠蘿
Wu
Shanghai
菠蘿蜜 , 菠蘿
Shanghai (Chongming)
菠蘿
Shanghai (Songjiang)
菠蘿
Suzhou
菠蘿 , 菠蘿蜜 suburbs
Danyang
菠蘿
Hangzhou
菠蘿
Ningbo
菠蘿
Wenzhou
菠蘿
Jinhua
菠蘿蜜 , 菠蘿
Xiang
Changsha
菠蘿
Quanzhou
菠蘿
Guanyang (Wenshi)
菠蘿
Derived terms [ edit ]