# 蓮霧
## Chinese

* 蓮霧

### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian jambu.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liánwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lin$^4$ mou$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lien-vu / lièn-vu / liên-fù
    (Hailu, HRS): lien vu$^˖$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lián-bū / liám-bū / lián-bǔ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liêng$^5$ bhu$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liánwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liánwù
*** Wade–Giles: lien$^2$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: lyán-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianwuh
*** Palladius: ляньу (ljanʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɛn³⁵ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lin$^4$ mou$^6$
*** Yale: lìhn mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lin$^4$ mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lin$^4$ mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːn²¹ mou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lien-vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: lien vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lian$^4$ vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯en⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lièn-vu / liên-fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: lien$^ˇ$ vu / lien$^ˊ$ fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lian$^2$ vu$^4$ / lian$^1$ fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯en¹¹ vu⁵⁵/, /li̯en²⁴ fu¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lien vu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /lien⁵⁵ vu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bū
*** Tâi-lô: lián-bū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liefnbu
*** IPA (Yilan): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ bu³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /liɛn⁴²⁻²⁴ bu²²/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /liɛn⁵³⁻²⁴ bu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
** (Hokkien: Tainan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-bū
*** Tâi-lô: liám-bū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liafmbu
*** IPA (Singapore): /liam⁴²⁻²⁴ bu²²/
*** IPA (Tainan): /liam⁵³⁻⁵⁵ bu³³/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián-bǔ
*** Tâi-lô: lián-bǔ
*** IPA (Lukang): /liɛn⁵⁵⁻³⁵ bu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liêng$^5$ bhu$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liêng bū
*** Sinological IPA : /lieŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ bu¹¹/

### Noun

蓮霧
* wax apple (Syzygium samarangense)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蓮霧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 水蓊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 水蓊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蒜果, 茶泡, 白果, 菕蘆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蓮霧 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蓮霧 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 染霧 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 染霧 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 無花果 |

#### See also

* 蒲桃 (pútáo)

### References

* (Min Nan) “Entry #11356”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.