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弓蕉
弓蕉
Chinese
| a bow (weapon) | banana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
simp. and trad. (弓蕉) |
弓 | 蕉 | |
| alt. forms | 芎蕉 | ||
Noun
弓蕉
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 香蕉 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 香蕉 |
| Taiwan | 香蕉 | |
| Tianjin | 香蕉 | |
| Jinan | 香蕉 | |
| Xi'an | 香蕉 | |
| Wuhan | 香蕉 | |
| Chengdu | 香蕉 | |
| Yangzhou | 香蕉 | |
| Hefei | 香蕉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 香蕉 |
| Hong Kong | 香蕉 | |
| Taishan | 香蕉、蕉果 | |
| Yangjiang | 蕉子 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 香蕉 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 弓蕉、香蕉 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弓蕉 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 弓蕉 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 弓蕉 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 弓蕉 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 弓蕉 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 弓蕉 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 香蕉 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 香蕉、芭蕉果 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 芭蕉、芭蕉果 |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 弓蕉 |
| Xiamen | 弓蕉 | |
| Zhangzhou | 弓蕉、牙蕉 | |
| Taipei | 金蕉、弓蕉 | |
| Kaohsiung | 弓蕉 | |
| Tainan | 弓蕉 | |
| Taichung | 弓蕉 | |
| Yilan | 弓蕉 | |
| Lukang | 金蕉、弓蕉 | |
| Sanxia | 弓蕉 | |
| Kinmen | 弓蕉 | |
| Magong | 弓蕉 | |
| Hsinchu | 弓蕉 | |
| Chaozhou | 弓蕉 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 香蕉 |
| Suzhou | 香蕉 | |
| Wenzhou | 香蕉 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 香蕉 |
| Shuangfeng | 香蕉 | |
References
- “Entry #538”, 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.
- Duffus, William, "bananas" (p. 17) in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, English Presbyterian Mission Press, 1883.