葡提子

Chinese

grape (葡萄) phonetic seed; bead
trad. (葡提子) 葡 提 子
simp. #(葡提子) 葡 提 子
alternative forms 菩提子

Etymology

From 菩提子 (pou4 tai4 zi2, “bodhi-seeds, or beads”), due to the shape resemblance (Zhao, 2006), and possibly also due to it being a near-homophone of 葡萄 (pou4 tou4, “grape”).

Pronunciation


Noun

葡提子

  1. (Cantonese) grape (Classifier: 粒 c; 抽 c)

Synonyms

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