士多啤梨

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (士多啤梨) 士 多 啤梨
simp. #(士多啤梨) 士 多 啤梨

Etymology

Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with 霉 (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).

Pronunciation


Noun

士多啤梨

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) strawberry

Synonyms

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