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蓮霧

蓮霧

Chinese

		lotus	fog; mist
trad. (蓮霧)		蓮	霧
simp. (莲雾)		莲	雾

蓮霧

Noun

蓮霧

wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #11356”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Etymology

Borrowing from Indonesian jambu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liánwù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ mou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lien-vu / lièn-vu / liên-fù
Min Nan (POJ): lián-bū / liám-bū / lián-bǔ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liánwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianwuh
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lin⁴ mou⁶
  - Yale: lìhn mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ mou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ mou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-vu
  - Hakka Romanization System: lien vu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lian⁴ vu⁴
  - IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lièn-vu / liên-fù
  - Hakka Romanization System: lienˇ vu / lien´ fuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lian² vu⁴ / lian¹ fu²
  - IPA: /li̯en¹¹ vu⁵⁵/, /li̯en²⁴ fu¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bū
  - Tâi-lô: lián-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liefnbu
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-bū
  - Tâi-lô: liám-bū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liafmbu
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bǔ
  - Tâi-lô: lián-bǔ