# 荔枝
## Chinese

* 荔枝

### Etymology

Unknown. First attested as 離支 in the “Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park” (上林賦) by Sima Xiangru of the West Han dynasty. During the time of Emperor Wu of Han, lychee was one of the exotic plants cultivated in the grand imperial Shanglin Park, introduced from China's south.
Traditionally, 荔 has been interpreted as equivalent to 劙 (“to sever; to partition”), based on an excerpt from Funan-ji (扶南記), a now-lost text cited in other works, such as the Taiping Guangji (太平廣記):
    荔枝為名者，以其結實時，枝條弱而蒂牢，不可摘取，以刀斧劙取其枝，故以為名。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]荔枝为名者，以其结实时，枝条弱而蒂牢，不可摘取，以刀斧劙取其枝，故以为名。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CELìzhī wéi míng zhě, yǐ qí jiéshí shí, zhītiáo ruò ér dì láo, bùkě zhāiqǔ, yǐ dāofǔ lí qǔ qí zhī, gù yǐ wéi míng. [Pinyin]That which bears the name lizhi, when it bears fruits, the small branches are weak but the stem is firm, so it cannot be picked by hand and must be severed with a knife or axe, hence its name.
The Compendium of Materia Medica, citing the “Preface to Lychee Painting” (荔枝圖序) by Bai Juyi, interprets 離支 orthographically:
    白居易云：若離本枝，一日色變，三日味變。則離支之名，又或取此義也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]白居易云：若离本枝，一日色变，三日味变。则离支之名，又或取此义也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CEBái Jūyì yún: ruò lí běn zhī, yī rì sè biàn, sān rì wèi biàn. Zé lìzhī zhī míng, yòu huò qǔ cǐ yì yě. [Pinyin]Bai Juyi said, “If it [lychee] was removed from the branch, its colour will change in a day, its taste in three days.” So the name lizhi [lit. “removed from branch”] may be chosen for this meaning.
Recent studies have discounted the above as folk etymologies, proposing instead that it is a disyllabic borrowing from a Kra-Dai language during the Late Old Chinese period; compare modern Zhuang laehcei, Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥐᥱᥐᥣᥭᥱ (mǎakkǎay), Hlai coeis (Wei, 2000; Ban and Su, 2017). The precise shape of the source word is now obscure, and there are two possibilities that can explain the disyllabicity of the borrowing (Ban and Su, 2017):
* That the first syllable transcribed a Kra-Dai class noun (perhaps “fruit”), and the second syllable, 枝 (OC *kje), corresponded to the Tai-Kadai name for “lychee”; or
* That the Kra-Dai source word for “lychee” was disyllabic and already not easily analysable.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): lìzhī
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ni$^4$ zi$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai$^6$ zi$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lai$^5$ zi$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'li$^5$ zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lí-chṳ̂ / li-chṳ̂
    (Hailu, HRS): li$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˋ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lieh$^4$ zi$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): lāi-cí
* Eastern Min (BUC): lié-ciĕ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): noe$^2$ zi$^1$ / nui$^2$ zi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): nāi-chi / lāi-chi / nǎi-chi / nūi-chi / lē-chi / lēe-chi / liān-chi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): li$^6$ gi$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$liq-tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): li$^4$ zhr$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìzhī → lìzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄓ → ㄌㄧˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìjhi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: li$^4$-chih$^5$
*** Yale: lì-jr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih.jy
*** Palladius: личжи (ličži)
*** Sinological IPA : /li⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/ → /li⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ni$^4$ zi$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liz
*** Sinological IPA : /ni²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lai$^6$ zi$^1$
*** Yale: laih jī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lai$^6$ dzi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lei$^6$ ji$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐi̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lai$^5$ zi$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /lai³² t͡si³³⁻³³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'li$^5$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈli¹¹ t͡sz̩⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lí-chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˋ$ zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^3$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li³¹ t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li-chṳ̂
*** Hakka Romanization System: li zii$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: li$^4$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵ t͡sɨ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: li$^ˊ$ zhi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /li²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃi⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lieh$^4$ zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sz̩¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lāi-cí
*** Sinological IPA : /lai⁵⁵ t͡si⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: lié-ciĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃ie²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒie⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: noe$^2$ zi$^1$ [Phonetic: noe$^5$ li$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /nø¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$li⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: nui$^2$ zi$^1$ [Phonetic: nui$^5$ ni$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /nui¹³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$ni⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nāi-chi
*** Tâi-lô: nāi-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naixcy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nãi²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /nãi²²⁻¹² t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nãi³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /nai²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan, Magong, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāi-chi
*** Tâi-lô: lāi-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: laixcy
*** IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /lai³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /lai²¹ t͡si³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lai³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Singapore): /lai²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎi-chi
*** Tâi-lô: nǎi-tsi
*** IPA (Lukang): /nãi³³⁻²² t͡si³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nūi-chi
*** Tâi-lô: nuī-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nuixcy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nuĩ⁴¹⁻²² t͡si³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē-chi
*** Tâi-lô: lē-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lexcy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /le³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lēe-chi
*** Tâi-lô: lēe-tsi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liān-chi
*** Tâi-lô: liān-tsi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liexncy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /liɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡si³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: li$^6$ gi$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ ki
*** Sinological IPA : /li³⁵⁻¹¹ ki³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$liq-tsy
*** MiniDict: lih$^入$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$liq-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: li$^4$ zhr$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /li⁴⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /li⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³³/
* Middle Chinese: ljeH tsye
Rime :
| Character | 荔 | 枝 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (11) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 力智切 | 章移切 |
| Baxter | ljeH | tsye |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liᴇ$^H$/ | /t͡ɕiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɛ$^H$/ | /t͡ɕiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljɛ$^H$/ | /t͡ɕjɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /liə̆$^H$/ | /ciə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /lie$^H$/ | /t͡ɕie/ |
| Wang Li | /lǐe$^H$/ | /t͡ɕǐe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /lie̯$^H$/ | /t͡ɕie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lì | zhī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lei$^6$ | zi$^1$ |

### Noun

荔枝
* lychee (Litchi chinensis) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c mn; 抽 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 荔枝, 荔子, 丹荔, 香囊 figurative |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 荔枝 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 荔枝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 荔枝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 荔枝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 荔枝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 荔枝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 荔枝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 荔枝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 荔枝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 荔枝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 荔枝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 荔枝, 錦荔枝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 荔枝, 荔枝果 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 荔枝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 荔枝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 荔枝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 荔枝子 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 荔枝 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 荔枝 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 荔枝 |
| Gan | Pengze | 荔枝 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 元紅 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 荔果哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 大果 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 荔果, 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Raoping (Xinfeng) | 荷包 |
| Hakka | Changting | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 荔枝, 荔果 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 荔果, 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 荔果 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 荔枝 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 荔枝, 荔果 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 荔果 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 荔枝 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 荔枝 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 荔枝 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 荔枝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 荔枝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 荔枝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 荔珠仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 綠荷包 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 尿壺包 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 烏箬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 荔果 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 麻籽 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 荔枝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 荔枝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 荔枝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 荔枝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 荔枝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 荔枝 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 荔枝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 火山, 荔枝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 荔枝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 荔枝 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 麻荔子, 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 荔枝, 麻荔子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 荔枝, 麻荔子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 荔枝, 麻荔子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 麻荔子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Changshu | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Liyang | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Danyang | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 毛荔枝 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 荔枝 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 荔枝 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 荔枝 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 荔枝 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 荔枝 |

#### Hypernyms

* 水果 (shuǐguǒ)

#### Hyponyms

* 妃子笑
* 玉荷包
* 糯米糍 (nuòmǐcí)
* 蘭竹仔 / 兰竹仔 (Hokkien)
* 黑葉 / 黑叶

#### Derived terms

* 一啖荔枝三把火
* 牛荔枝
* 番仔荔枝
* 番荔枝 (fānlìzhī)
* 粉荔枝
* 綠荔枝 / 绿荔枝
* 荔枝奴 (lìzhīnú)
* 荔枝蝽
* 荔枝霜霉病
* 荔枝香
* 蜜荔枝
* 錦荔枝 / 锦荔枝 (jǐnlìzhī)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 茘(レイ)枝(シ) (reishi)
* → Korean: 여지(荔枝) (yeoji), 려지(荔枝) (ryeoji)
* → Vietnamese: lệ chi (荔枝)
Others:
* → Assamese: লিচু (lisu), লেচু (lesu)
* → Burmese: လိုက်ချီး (luikhkyi:)
* → Czech: liči
* → Danish: litchi
* → English: lychee, litchi
* → Finnish: litsi
* → French: letchi, litchi
* → German: Litschi
** → Hungarian: licsi
* → Hindi: लीची (līcī)
* → Indonesian: leci
* → Italian: litchi
* → Japanese: ライチ (raichi)
* → Korean: 리치 (richi)
* → Lao: ໝາກລິ້ນຈີ່ (māk lin chī)
* → Malay: laici
* → Spanish: lichi
* → Polish: liczi
* → Portuguese: lichia
* → Russian: ли́чи (líči)
* → Thai: ลิ้นจี่ (lín-jìi)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “莲枝”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 397.