釋迦果

Chinese

		Shakya	fruit; result
trad. (釋迦果)		釋迦	果
simp. (释迦果)		释迦	果

釋迦

Etymology

From the resemblance of the appearances of this fruit with Buddha's hair.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiāguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-khia-kó / sek-kia-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiāguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjiaguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chia¹-kuo³
    • Yale: shr̀-jyā-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiaguoo
    • Palladius: шицзяго (šiczjago)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiāguǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjiaguǒr
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chia¹-kuo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: shr̀-jyā-gwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiaguool
    • Palladius: шицзягор (šiczjagor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-khia-kó
    • Tâi-lô: sik-khia-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekqia'koir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰia⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-kia-kó
    • Tâi-lô: sik-kia-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sekkia'koir
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kia⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/

Noun

釋迦果

1. sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	釋迦, 釋迦果
	Singapore	釋迦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
	Hong Kong	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝, 番枝
	Dongguan	番鬼荔枝
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	番鬼荔枝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	釋迦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	釋迦, 沙梨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛心梨, 柅仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佛果, 釋迦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佛果, 釋迦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	釋迦
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhangzhou	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhao'an	林檎
	Taipei	釋迦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung	釋迦
	Yilan	釋迦
	Changhua (Lukang)	釋迦
	Taichung	釋迦
	Tainan	釋迦
	Hsinchu	釋迦
	Kinmen	釋迦
	Penghu (Magong)	釋迦
	Penang (Hokkien)	nona
	Singapore (Hokkien)	林檎
	Manila (Hokkien)	釋迦
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎
	Shantou (Chenghai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	林檎
	Singapore (Teochew)	林檎