葡提子

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Chinese[edit]

grape (葡萄) phonetic seed; bead
trad. (葡提子)
simp. #(葡提子)
alternative forms 菩提子

Etymology[edit]

From 菩提子 (pou4 tai4 zi2, bodhi-seeds, or beads), due to the shape resemblance (Zhao, 2006), and possibly also due to it being a near-homophone of 葡萄 (pou4 tou4, grape).

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Noun[edit]

葡提子

  1. (Cantonese) grape (Classifier: c;  c)

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