車厘茄

Chinese

			eggplant
trad. (車厘茄)		車厘	茄
simp. (车厘茄)		车厘	茄

Etymology

Calque of English cherry tomato.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ lei⁴ ke^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ lei⁴ ke^4-2
    • Yale: chē lèih ké
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ lei⁴ ke^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ léi⁴ ké^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ kʰɛː²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

車厘茄

1. (Cantonese) cherry tomato

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聖女果 (“cherry tomato”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聖女果 Mainland China, 聖女番茄 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聖女番茄, 聖女小番茄
Cantonese	Hong Kong	車厘茄
	Yangjiang	番茄仔
Wu	Shanghai	櫻桃小番茄