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生果

生果

Chinese

 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
fruit; result
simp. and trad.
(生果)

Noun

生果

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) fruit
    生果小姐 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    生果小姐 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    Hou2 leng3saang1 gwo2. Maai5 di1 laa1, siu2 ze2. [Jyutping]
    Very nice fruits. Buy a few, miss.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 水果 (“fruit”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 水果
Mandarin Beijing 水果兒果子
Jinan 水果鮮果
Xi'an 水果
Wuhan 水果
Chengdu 水果果果
Yangzhou 水果
Hefei 水果
Cantonese Guangzhou 生果
Hong Kong 生果
Taishan 生果
Yangjiang 瓜子
Gan Nanchang 水果
Hakka Meixian 生果青果果作
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 果子水果果作
Liudui (S. Sixian) 水果果作
Hsinchu (Hailu) 果子水果果作
Dongshi (Dabu) 果子果作
Zhuolan (Raoping) 果子果作
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 果子
Jin Taiyuan 水果
Min Bei Jian'ou 水果
Min Dong Fuzhou 果子
Min Nan Xiamen 果子水果
Taipei 果子水果
Chaozhou 果隻青果
Wu Suzhou 水果
Wenzhou 水果
Xiang Changsha 水果
Shuangfeng 果子實水果

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 生果 (sraeng kwaX, literally fresh, raw + fruit).

Pronunciation

Noun

生果 (hiragana せいか, romaji seika, historical hiragana せいくわ)

  1. raw fruit, fresh fruit

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9