青檸

See also: 青柠

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	lemon
trad. (青檸)		青	檸
simp. (青柠)		青	柠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngníng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng¹ ning^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngníng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingníng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-ning²
    • Yale: chīng-níng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingning
    • Palladius: циннин (cinnin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ niŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng¹ ning^4-2
    • Yale: chēng níng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng¹ ning^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng¹ ning^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ nɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

青檸

1. lime (fruit) (Classifier: 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

• 萊檬／莱檬 (láiméng)
• 酸橙 (suānchéng)

Dialectal synonyms of 青檸 (“lime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	萊姆, 萊姆果
	Singapore	酸柑
Cantonese	Hong Kong	青檸
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	萊姆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	萊姆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	萊姆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	萊姆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	萊姆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	萊姆
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	酸柑
	Singapore (Hokkien)	酸柑