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果子
果子
Chinese
| fruit; result | child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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simp. and trad. (果子) |
果 | 子 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo2 zi2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kó-chṳ́
- Min Dong (BUC): guōi-cṳ̄→cī
- Min Nan (POJ): ké-chí / kóe-chí / kér-chí
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gwo2 zi2
- Yale: gwó jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwo2 dzi2
- IPA (key): /kʷɔː³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kó-chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: go` zii`
- Hagfa Pinyim: go3 zi3
- IPA: /ko³¹ t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: guōi-cṳ̄→cī
- IPA (key): /kui³³⁻³⁵ (t͡s-)ʒi³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké-chí
- Tâi-lô: ké-tsí
- Phofsit Daibuun: kefcie
- IPA (Taipei): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóe-chí
- Tâi-lô: kué-tsí
- Phofsit Daibuun: koefcie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kér-chí
- Tâi-lô: kér-tsí
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Magong, Hsinchu)
Noun
果子
- fruit
- 耶和華說：「誰告訴你赤身露體呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子嗎？」 [MSC, trad.]
- 耶和华说：“谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？” [MSC, simp.]
- From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 3:11
- Yēhéhuá shuō: "Shuí gàosù nǐ chìshēn lùtǐ ne? Mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfù nǐ bùkě chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma?" [Pinyin]
- And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 水果 (“fruit”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 果 | |
| 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 | |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 果子 – see 餜子. (This term, 果子, is a variant form of 餜子.) |