菠蘿蜜

See also: 菠萝蜜

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (菠蘿蜜)
simp. (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 (“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 puɑ lɑ miɪt̚, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC puɑ nɑ sɑ, “jackfruit”).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (37) (4)
Final () (95) (94) (48)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () I I III
Fanqie
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
luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bo1 lo4 mat6

Noun

菠蘿蜜

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

Synonyms

  • (jackfruit):
  • (pineapple):

Derived terms

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