yangmei

See also: yángméi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 楊梅／杨梅 (yángméi).

Noun

yangmei (plural yangmeis)

1. The edible crimson fruit of the subtropical tree Myrica rubra.
2. The tree itself.

Synonyms

• (fruit): yumberry, Chinese bayberry, Japanese bayberry, red bayberry, yamamomo, waxberry
• (tree): Chinese strawberry (not to be confused with the Chinese strawberry tree)

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 楊梅／杨梅 (joeng⁴ mui⁴)

  Mandarin: 楊梅／杨梅 (zh) (yángméi)

• Japanese: 山桃 (ヤマモモ, yamamomo)
• Korean: 소귀 (sogwi), 양매(楊梅) (yangmae)
• Tagalog: tsampoy, sampoy, sampuy

tree

• Swedish: bärpors, kinesisk arbutus