芭樂

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (芭樂)		芭	樂
simp. (芭乐)		芭	乐
alternative forms		巴樂／巴乐

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bālè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bālè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: balè
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-lê⁴
    • Yale: bā-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baleh
    • Palladius: балэ (balɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 菝仔 (pa̍t-á).

Noun

芭樂

1. (chiefly Taiwan) guava

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		番石榴
Taxonomic name		番石榴
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	芭樂
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	番石榴, 雞屎果
	Nanning (Wuming)	番石榴, 膠棯, 棯仔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番石榴, 石榴, 雞屎果, 女人狗肉
	Hong Kong	番石榴, 雞屎果, 女人狗肉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	雞屎橘
	Macau	番石榴
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	花棯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	雞屎果
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	番石榴
	Foshan	雞屎果
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	番棯
	Foshan (Shunde)	花棯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	雞屎果
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	番棯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	花棯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	花棯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番石榴
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	番石榴
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	番石榴
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	番石榴
	Taishan	番石榴, 花棯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番石榴
	Enping (Niujiang)	石榴
	Heshan (Yayao)	花棯
	Dongguan	石榴, 花棯, 雞屎橘
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	番石榴
	Yangjiang	花棯子
	Nanning	花棯, 雞屎果, 番石榴
	Nanning (Tanka)	大番桃
	Wuzhou	石榴
	Yulin	番桃子
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	番桃
	Guiping	番石榴
	Mengshan (Xihe)	番桃
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	番鬼石榴
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	番桃
	Baise	雞果
	Bobai	番石榴
	Lingshan	番桃子
	Pubei	番桃子
	Qinzhou	番桃
	Beihai	番桃
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	番桃子
	Ningming	花棯
	Hengzhou	番桃子
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	番桃
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	雞屎果
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	番石榴, 雞屎果
	Móng Cái	番石榴, 雞屎果
Hakka	Meixian	朳仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	朳, 朳仔
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	朳
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	朳哩
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	朳仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朳
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	朳哩
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	雞屎朳
	Boluo (Bendihua)	豎朳
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朳仔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	朳子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朳子
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	朳咧
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	朳子
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	朳哎
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	朳哎
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	朳蒂
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	朳
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	石榴
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	朳
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	雞屎朳
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	雞屎果
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朳仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	那朳仔, 拉朳仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朳仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	朳仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	朳仔
	Hong Kong	朳仔
	Mashan (Pianlian)	番桃
	Sabah (Longchuan)	朳仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	朳仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番石榴
	Fuqing	番石榴
	Matsu	番石榴
Southern Min	Xiamen	林仔菝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	林仔菝
	Quanzhou	林仔菝
	Jinjiang	林仔菝
	Yongchun	林囝菝
	Zhangzhou	林仔菝
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	林菝仔, 林仔菝
	Zhangpu	林菝仔
	Yunxiao	林菝
	Zhao'an	番石榴
	Dongshan	番石榴
	Taipei	林仔菝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	菝仔
	Kaohsiung	林菝仔
	Yilan	菝仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	林仔菝
	Taichung	菝仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	菝仔
	Tainan	土菝仔, 林菝仔, 林菝
	Taitung	菝仔
	Hsinchu	菝仔
	Kinmen	林仔菝
	Penghu (Magong)	林仔菝, 林菝
	Penang (Hokkien)	染霧
	Singapore (Hokkien)	菝仔, 林仔菝, 貓菝, 木囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	林仔菝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	番石榴
	Pingnan (Sijie)	菝仔
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	番石榴
	Lechang (Tatou)	雞屎果
	Yingde (Yuzui)	菝仔
	Yunan (Liantan)	番鬼菝仔
	Chaozhou	菝囝
	Shantou	番石榴, 菝囝, 木囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	木囝
	Jieyang	木囝
	Haifeng	菝仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	木囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	木囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	冬棯
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	塘呢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	花棯, 番桃
	Nanning (Shajing)	番桃
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	番桃子
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	番石榴
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	番石榴
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	番石榴
	Yangshuo (Jima)	番石榴
Xiang	Quanzhou	番石榴
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	番石榴

Dialectal synonyms of 番石榴 (“guava”) [map]

Derived terms

• 土芭樂／土芭乐

 

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English ballad

Noun

芭樂

1. (music) ballad