羅漢果

See also: 罗汉果

Chinese

		arhat	fruit; result
trad. (羅漢果)		羅漢	果
simp. (罗汉果)		罗汉	果

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luóhànguǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ hon³ gwo²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lô-hàn-kó

(Teochew, Peng'im): lo⁵ hang³ guê²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luóhànguǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luóhànguǒ
  - Wade–Giles: lo²-han⁴-kuo³
  - Yale: lwó-hàn-gwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohannguoo
  - Palladius: лоханьго (loxanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ xän⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luóhànguǒr
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luóhànguǒr
  - Wade–Giles: lo²-han⁴-kuo³-ʼrh
  - Yale: lwó-hàn-gwǒr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohannguool
  - Palladius: лоханьгор (loxanʹgor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ xän⁵¹ ku̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lo⁴ hon³ gwo²
  - Yale: lòh hon gwó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ hon³ gwo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ hon³ guo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ hɔːn³³ kʷɔː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-hàn-kó
  - Tâi-lô: lô-hàn-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loi'harnkoir
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ han¹¹⁻⁵³ ko⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ han²¹⁻⁴¹ kɤ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Singapore): /lo²⁴⁻²¹ han²¹⁻⁴² ko⁴²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lo⁵ hang³ guê²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lô hàng kué
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ haŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kue⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

羅漢果

monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii)
(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated) sugar apple (Annona squamosa)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 羅漢果 (“monk fruit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羅漢果
Taxonomic name		羅漢果
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	羅漢果
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	羅漢果
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	羅漢果
Southwestern Mandarin	Nanning (Wuming)	羅漢果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羅漢果
	Hong Kong	羅漢果
	Nanning	羅漢果
	Nanning (Tanka)	羅漢果
Gan	Pengze	羅漢果
Gan	Pingxiang	貓牯卵
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	羅漢果
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羅漢果

Dialectal synonyms of 番荔枝 (“sugar apple”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Taxonomic name		番荔枝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	釋迦, 釋迦果
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	釋迦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
	Hong Kong	番荔枝, 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝, 番枝
	Dongguan	番鬼荔枝
	Yangjiang	番菠蘿
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	番鬼荔枝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	釋迦
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	佛果
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	佛果
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	釋迦, 沙梨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	牛心梨, 柅仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	佛果, 釋迦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	釋迦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	佛果, 釋迦
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	釋迦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	釋迦
Southern Min	Xiamen	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhangzhou	番仔荔枝, 釋迦
	Zhao'an	林檎
	Zhao'an (Sidu)	林檎
	Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)	林檎
	Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)	林檎
	Taipei	釋迦
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	釋迦
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	釋迦
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	釋迦
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	釋迦
	Yilan	釋迦
	Yilan (Luodong)	釋迦
	Yilan (Toucheng)	釋迦
	Changhua (Lukang)	釋迦
	Changhua (Yongjing)	釋迦
	Taichung	釋迦
	Tainan	釋迦
	Tainan (Anping)	釋迦
	Hsinchu	釋迦
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	釋迦
	Kinmen	釋迦
	Penghu (Magong)	釋迦
	Penghu (Xiyu)	釋迦
	Penang (Hokkien)	nona
	Singapore (Hokkien)	林檎
	Manila (Hokkien)	釋迦
	Chaozhou	林檎
	Raoping	林檎
	Shantou	林檎
	Shantou (Chenghai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	林檎
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	林檎
	Singapore (Teochew)	林檎
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	番荔枝

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (羅漢果):

→ Japanese: 羅(ら)漢(かん)果(か) (rakanka)
→ Korean: 나한과(羅漢果) (nahan'gwa)
→ Vietnamese: la hán quả (羅漢果)

Others:

→ English: monk fruit, monkfruit (calque)
→ Zhuang: maklozhan (partial calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羅	漢	果
ら Grade: S	かん Grade: 3	か Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
羅漢果 (kyūjitai)

Noun

羅(ら)漢(かん)果(か) or 羅漢果(ラカンカ) • (rakanka)

monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).