草莓

Chinese

		straw	berry
trad. (草莓)		草	莓
simp. #(草莓)		草	莓

Etymology

Appears in early 20th century. Probably a calque of English strawberry.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² mui^4-2 / cou² mui⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhó-mòi

  (Hailu, HRS): co^ˊ moi

• Eastern Min (BUC): chāu-muòi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-m̂ / chháu-mûi / chhó-m̂ / chhó-mûi / chháu-môe / chhó-môe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cao² bhuê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoméi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-mei²
    • Yale: tsǎu-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaomei
    • Palladius: цаомэй (caomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² mui^4-2 / cou² mui⁴
    • Yale: chóu múi / chóu mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² mui^4-2 / tsou² mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² mui^4-2 / cou² mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ muːi̯²¹⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ muːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhó-mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˋ moi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co³ moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo³¹ moi̯¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: co^ˊ moi
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo²⁴⁻³³ moi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chāu-muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ mui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'mm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩¹³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻²⁴ m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ m̩²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmuii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-m̂
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoy'mm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ m̩²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoymuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-môe
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawmoee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muẽ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhó-môe
    • Tâi-lô: tshó-muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoymoee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muẽ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cao² bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsháu buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ bue⁵⁵/

Noun

草莓

1. strawberry (fruit, or plant) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m)

   草莓不開花，也不結果。 [MSC, trad.]
   草莓不开花，也不结果。 [MSC, simp.]

   Cǎoméi bù kāihuā, yě bù jiēguǒ. [Pinyin]

   The strawberry tree won't bloom or bear fruit.

2. (slang) hickey

   他在我脖子上種草莓。 [MSC, trad.]
   他在我脖子上种草莓。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zài wǒ bózi shàng zhòng cǎoméi. [Pinyin]

   He gave me a hickey on my neck. (lit. He planted a strawberry on my neck.)

Synonyms

• (strawberry):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		草莓
Taxonomic name		草莓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	洋桑葚兒
	Taiwan	草莓
	Harbin	馬林果兒
	Malaysia	草莓
	Singapore	草莓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	草莓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	破蔓頭
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	草莓
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	地皮兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	草莓
	Jimsar	地飄兒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	草莓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	士多啤梨
	Hong Kong	士多啤梨
	Macau	士多啤梨
	Taishan (Guanghai)	莓果, 草莓, 士多啤梨
	Dongguan	士多啤梨
	Mandalay (Taishan)	紅果仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	草莓, 刺波仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	草莓, 刺波
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	草莓, 竻波仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	草莓, 刺波子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	草莓
Southern Min	Xiamen	草莓
	Quanzhou	草莓
	Zhangzhou	草莓
	Zhao'an	草莓
	Taipei	草莓 GT, 刺波 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	strawberry
	Chaozhou	草莓
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	草莓
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 草莓 (“strawberry”) [map]

• (hickey): 吻痕 (wěnhén)

Derived terms

• 種草莓 / 种草莓 (zhòng cǎoméi)
• 草莓兵 (cǎoméibīng)
• 草莓斑 (cǎoméibān)
• 草莓族 (cǎoméizú)
• 草莓酒