士多啤梨

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (士多啤梨) 啤梨
simp. #(士多啤梨) 啤梨

Etymology

Borrowed from English strawberry. Favoured over 草莓 (cou2 mui4, “strawberry”) due to homophony of the latter with (mui4), as in 倒霉 (dou2 mui4, “unlucky”).

Pronunciation


Noun

士多啤梨

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) strawberry

Synonyms

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