pear
→
pineapple
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lei4 | |
| Lexeme 2 | wong4 lai4-2 (黃梨, 黄梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu), Sarikei (Xinhui), Yangon (Taishan), Bangkok (Guangfu) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hakka Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lì (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | vòng-lì (黃梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian), Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu), Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu), Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping), Sabah (Longchuan), Senai (Huiyang), Kuching (Hepo), Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo), Bangkok (Meixian) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hakka Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lì (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | fânlì (番梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | Jiexi, Pinghe (Jiufeng), Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an), Bangkok (Fengshun), Bangkok (Jiexi). Fân (番) 'foreign' (generic term for the non-Han people in China's west in historical times; (by extension) non-Han people; foreign land; foreign; non-native; barbarian) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lí (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | huánglí (黃梨, 黄梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (Singapore Mandarin, Malaysia Mandarin) pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | huáng (黃) 'yellow' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lí (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | fènglí (鳳梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (now chiefly Taiwan) pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | fèng (鳳) 'male fenghuang (a mythological bird)'. So named for the similarity between the crown of a pineapple and the tail of a male fenghuang. From 17th c. Outdise of Taiwan recorded in Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan), | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | lí (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | fēnglí (楓梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (rare) pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | fēng (楓) 'maple (tree)' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Meixian Hakka Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | li2 (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | vong2 li2 (黃梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Min Dong (Eastern Min) | |
| Lexeme 1 | lì / lài (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | uòng-lài / uòng-lì (黃梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | Fuzhou, Changle, Fuqing, Yongtai, Gutian, Ningde, Shouning, Zhouning, Matsu | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | lai5 (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | uang5 lai5 (王梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | uang5 (王) 'king, monarch'. Xiamen, Xiamen (Tong'an), Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou (Changtai), Pinghe, Zhangpu, Zhao'an, Dongshan, Taipei, Taipei (Wanhua), New Taipei (Tamsui), New Taipei (Sanxia), New Taipei (Pingxi), Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung (Cijin), Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang), Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang), Kaohsiung (Tianliao), Yilan, Yilan (Toucheng), Changhua (Lukang), Taichung, Taichung (Wuqi), Tainan, Tainan (Anping), Taitung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Penghu (Magong), Penghu (Xiyu), Penang (Hokkien), Singapore (Hokkien), Manila (Hokkien), Longyan, Zhangping (Yongfu), Lufeng, Singapore (Teochew), Pontianak (Teochew) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| Lexeme 1 | lai5 (梨) | |
| Lexeme 2 | ang5 lai5 (紅梨) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ang5 (紅) 'red'. Bangkok (Teochew), Chiang Mai (Teochew), Hat Yai (Teochew), Johor Bahru (Teochew), Pontianak (Teochew) | |