甘蕉

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	banana
trad. (甘蕉)		甘	蕉
simp. #(甘蕉)		甘	蕉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganjiao
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-chiao¹
    • Yale: gān-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjiau
    • Palladius: ганьцзяо (ganʹczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

甘蕉

1. a type of banana (Musa × paradisiaca)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘	蕉
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 甘蕉 – see the following entry.

【バナナばなな】 [noun] banana Alternative spelling バナヽ

(This term, 甘蕉, is an alternative spelling (literary, obsolete) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘	蕉
かん Grade: S	しょう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

甘(かん)蕉(しょう) • (kanshō) 

1. banana (fruit)