菠蘿蜜

See also: 菠萝蜜

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (菠蘿蜜) 菠 蘿 蜜
simp. (菠萝蜜) 菠 萝 蜜
alternative forms 波羅蜜/波罗蜜
菠羅蜜/菠罗蜜

Etymology

From 波羅蜜 (“paramita; perfection”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.

The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC pa la mjit, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC pa na sa, “jackfruit”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 菠 蘿 蜜
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 來 (37) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 歌 (94) 眞 (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division (等) I I III
Fanqie 博禾切 魯何切 彌畢切
Baxter pa la mjit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /miɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /mit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /mjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pwa/ /la/ /mit̚/
Li
Rong
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /miĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /mĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/puɑ/ /lɑ/ /mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bō luó mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bo1 lo4 mat6

Noun

菠蘿蜜

  1. jackfruit; breadfruit
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, Northern Min, Wu) pineapple

Synonyms

  • (jackfruit):
  • (pineapple):

Derived terms

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