蒲桃

Chinese

		calamus	peach
trad. (蒲桃)		蒲	桃
simp. #(蒲桃)		蒲	桃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pútáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴ tou^4-2 / pou⁴ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pô͘-thô
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bu-dau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pútáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨˊ ㄊㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pútáo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu²-tʻao²
    • Yale: pú-táu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pwutaur
    • Palladius: путао (putao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 葡萄 蒲桃

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁴ tou^4-2 / pou⁴ tou⁴
    • Yale: pòuh tóu / pòuh tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴ tou^4-2 / pou⁴ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴ tou^4-2 / pou⁴ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹/

Note:

• pou4 tou4-2 - "rose apple";
• pou4 tou4 - literary ("grape").

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘-thô
    • Tâi-lô: pôo-thô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: po'tooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²⁴⁻²² tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ¹³⁻²² tʰo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³⁻³³ tʰɤ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bu-dau
    • MiniDict: bu^去 dau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² dɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bu daw

Rime
Character	蒲	桃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	薄胡切	徒刀切
Baxter	bu	daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buo/	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/buo/	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/bo/	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɔ/	/daw/
Li Rong	/bo/	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/bu/	/dɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuo/	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pú	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4	tou4

Noun

蒲桃

1. rose apple (Syzygium jambos)
2. (obsolete) Alternative name for 葡萄 (pútáo, “grape”).

   • 年年戰骨埋荒外，空見蒲桃入漢家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     年年战骨埋荒外，空见蒲桃入汉家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8^th century, 李頎 (Li Qi), 古從軍行

     Niánnián zhàngǔ mái huāngwài, kōng jiàn pútáo rù Hànjiā. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Shanghainese) walnut

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 核桃 (“walnut”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		核桃, 胡桃, 桃
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	核桃
	Taiwan	核桃
	Harbin	核桃
	Singapore	核桃
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	核桃
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	核桃
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	核桃
	Wanrong	核桃
	Xi'an	核桃
	Xining	核桃
	Xuzhou	核桃
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	核桃
	Lanzhou	核桃
	Ürümqi	核桃
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	核桃
	Wuhan	核桃
	Guiyang	核桃
	Guilin	核桃
	Liuzhou	核桃
	Dagudi (Maliba)	核桃
	Reshuitang (Longling)	核桃
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	核桃
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	核桃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	胡桃, 核桃
	Yangzhou	核桃
	Hefei	核桃
Cantonese	Guangzhou	合桃
	Hong Kong	合桃
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	合桃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	合桃
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	核桃
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	合桃
	Macau	合桃
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	合桃
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	合桃
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	合桃
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	合桃
	Foshan	合桃
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	合桃
	Foshan (Shunde)	合桃
	Foshan (Sanshui)	合桃
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	合桃
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	合桃
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	合桃
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	合桃
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	合桃
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	合桃
	Taishan	合桃
	Kaiping (Chikan)	合桃
	Enping (Niujiang)	合桃
	Heshan (Yayao)	合桃
	Dongguan	合桃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	合桃
	Shaoguan	合桃
	Yunfu	合桃
	Yangjiang	核桃
	Lianjiang	核桃
	Nanning	核桃
	Wuzhou	核桃, 合桃
	Yulin	核桃
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	核桃
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	核桃
Gan	Nanchang	核桃
	Lichuan	核桃
	Pingxiang	核桃
Hakka	Meixian	核桃, 合桃
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	合桃
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	合桃
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	合桃
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	合桃
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	合桃
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	合桃
	Hong Kong	合桃
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	核桃
Jin	Taiyuan	核桃
	Xinzhou	圪桃
Northern Min	Jian'ou	核桃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	核桃
Southern Min	Xiamen	核桃
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	核桃
	Chaozhou	合桃
	Shantou	合桃
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	合桃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	核桃
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	核桃
Wu	Shanghai	蒲桃, 胡桃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蒲桃
	Suzhou	胡桃
	Danyang	胡桃
	Hangzhou	大核桃, 大胡桃
	Ningbo	胡桃
	Wenzhou	核桃
	Jinhua	胡桃
Xiang	Changsha	核桃
	Shuangfeng	核桃
	Quanzhou	核桃

See also

• 蓮霧／莲雾 (liánwù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蒲	桃
ふと Jinmeiyō	もも Grade: S
irregular	kun'yomi

Noun

蒲(ふと)桃(もも) or 蒲桃(フトモモ) • (futomomo) 

1. rose apple, Syzygium jambos

   Synonym: 蒲桃 (hotō)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蒲	桃
ほ Jinmeiyō	とう Grade: S
kan'on

Noun

蒲(ほ)桃(とう) • (hotō) 

1. Synonym of 葡萄 (budō, “grapevine”)
2. Synonym of 蒲桃 (futomomo, “rose apple, Syzygium jambos”)