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番石榴
faan1 sek6 lau4*2
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the guava fruit | Some Cant. dialects: 雞屎果 | Scientific name: Psidium guajava Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:番 faan1 pun1 - foreign; times; back; again石 sek6 daam3 - stone; rock; stone inscription 榴 lau4 - pomegranate 2 compounds containing this word:番石榴汁 - guava juice草莓番石榴 - Psidium littorale (strawberry guava) | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
蕃石榴
faan1 sek6 lau4*2 = guava |
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