弓蕉

Chinese

	a bow (weapon)	banana
trad. (弓蕉)	弓	蕉
simp. ^#(弓蕉)	弓	蕉
variant forms	芎蕉

Etymology

Referring to the banana's curved, bow-like shape.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ ziu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiûng-chêu

(Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹ jiau¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): keng-chio / geng-chio / kheng-chio / kin-chio / kirn-chio

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ zio¹ / gêng¹ ziê¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ ziu¹
  - Yale: gūng jīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dziu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ jiu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-chêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung´ zeu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ zeu¹
  - IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡seu̯²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: giung¹ jiau¹
  - IPA: /ciʊŋ⁴⁴ t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-chio
  - Tâi-lô: king-tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kengcioy
  - IPA (Philippines): /kiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕio³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: geng-chio
  - Tâi-lô: ging-tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gengcioy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /giɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕio⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheng-chio
  - Tâi-lô: khing-tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qengcioy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰiɪŋ³³ t͡ɕio³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-chio
  - Tâi-lô: kin-tsio
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kincioy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /kin³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕio³³/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn-chio
  - Tâi-lô: kirn-tsio
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng¹ zio¹ / gêng¹ ziê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng tsio / keng tsie
  - IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sio³³/, /keŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sie³³/

Note: gêng1 ziê1 - Chaozhou.

Noun

弓蕉

(Hakka, Min Nan, Malaysian Cantonese) banana (Classifier: 條／条; 弓 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香蕉 (“banana”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香蕉
Mandarin	Beijing	香蕉
	Taiwan	香蕉
	Tianjin	香蕉
	Jinan	香蕉
	Jiedian	香蕉
	Xi'an	香蕉
	Wuhan	香蕉
	Chengdu	香蕉
	Yangzhou	香蕉
	Hefei	香蕉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香蕉, 蕉
	Hong Kong	蕉, 香蕉
	Foshan	香蕉, 蕉
	Shunde	蕉, 香蕉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蕉, 香蕉
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	香蕉
	Taishan	香蕉, 蕉果
	Kaiping (Chikan)	香蕉
	Dongguan	香蕉
	Shaoguan	香蕉
	Yunfu	香蕉
	Yangjiang	蕉子
	Xinyi	香蕉, 蕉子, 粉蕉
	Lianjiang	蕉子, 香蕉
	Nanning	香蕉
	Wuzhou	香蕉
	Yulin	香蕉
	Hepu	香蕉
	Kuala Lumpur	香蕉, 弓蕉
Gan	Nanchang	香蕉
Hakka	Meixian	香蕉, 弓蕉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	弓蕉
	Dongshi (Dabu)	弓蕉
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	弓蕉
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	弓蕉
	Senai	弓蕉
Huizhou	Jixi	香蕉
Jin	Taiyuan	香蕉
Min Bei	Jian'ou	香蕉, 芭蕉果
Min Dong	Fuzhou	芭蕉, 芭蕉果
Min Dong	Matsu	芭蕉果
Min Nan	Xiamen	弓蕉
	Quanzhou	弓蕉
	Zhangzhou	弓蕉, 牙蕉, 蕉
	Taipei	金蕉, 弓蕉
	Kaohsiung	弓蕉
	Tainan	弓蕉
	Taichung	弓蕉
	Hsinchu	弓蕉
	Lukang	金蕉, 弓蕉
	Sanxia	弓蕉
	Yilan	弓蕉
	Kinmen	弓蕉
	Magong	弓蕉
	Penang	弓蕉
	Philippines (Manila)	弓蕉
	Pingnan	香蕉
	Chaozhou	弓蕉
	Johor Bahru	弓蕉
	Haikou	牙蕉
Pinghua	Nanning	香蕉
Pinghua	Guilin	香蕉
Wu	Shanghai	香蕉
	Suzhou	香蕉
	Wenzhou	香蕉
Xiang	Changsha	香蕉
	Shuangfeng	香蕉
	Quanzhou	香蕉

References

“Entry #538”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Duffus, William (1883), “bananas”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 17

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