芒果

Chinese

		phonetic	fruit; result
trad. (芒果)		芒	果
simp. #(芒果)		芒	果
alternative forms		杧果 芒菓／芒果 杧菓／杧果 檬果

Etymology

From a Southeast Asian language, perhaps Malay mangga or a Tai word (Wei, 2000). The second character 果 (guǒ, “fruit”) is a phono-semantic matching or a literal translation. Similarity to English mango is coincidental.

Noun

芒果

(deprecated template usage) 芒果

1. mango (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 芒果 (“mango”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		芒果
Taxonomic name		芒果
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	芒果
	Malaysia	芒果
	Singapore	芒果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	芒果
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	芒果
	Xuzhou	芒果
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	芒果
	Ürümqi	芒果
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	芒果
	Wuhan	芒果
	Guiyang	芒果
	Guilin	芒果
	Liuzhou	芒果
	Nanning (Wuming)	芒果
	Kokang	罵木
	Reshuitang (Longling)	มะม่วง
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	มะม่วง
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	มะม่วง
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	芒果
Cantonese	Guangzhou	芒果
	Hong Kong	芒果
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	芒果
	Taishan	芒果
	Dongguan	芒果
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	芒果
	Xinyi	酸桃
	Maoming (Xinpo)	仙桃
	Nanning	芒果
	Rongxian	芒果
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	芒果
	Singapore (Guangfu)	芒果
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	芒果
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	芒果
	Betong (Rongxian)	芒果
Hakka	Meixian	芒果
	Dabu (Xihe)	芒果
	Jiexi	芒果
	Luhe	芒果 yellow, 檨仔 green
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	檨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	檨仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	番檨
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	檨仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番檨
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	番檨
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	番檨
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	番檨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	檨仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	檨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	檨仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	檨仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	檨仔
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	仙桃
	Sabah (Longchuan)	芒果
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	芒果
	Senai (Huiyang)	芒果
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	檨
Huizhou	Jixi	芒果
Jin	Taiyuan	芒果
	Xinzhou	芒果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	番檨, 芒果
	Fuqing	番檨
Southern Min	Xiamen	檨仔
	Quanzhou	檨仔
	Jinjiang	檨仔
	Zhangzhou	檨仔
	Pinghe	檨仔
	Zhao'an	檨
	Taipei	檨仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	檨仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	檨仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	檨仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung	檨仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	檨仔
	Yilan	檨仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	檨仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	檨仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	檨仔
	Changhua (Yongjing)	檨仔
	Taichung	檨仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	檨仔
	Tainan	檨仔
	Tainan (Anping)	檨仔
	Taitung	檨仔
	Hsinchu	檨仔
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	檨仔
	Kinmen	檨仔, 芒果
	Penghu (Magong)	檨仔
	Penghu (Xiyu)	檨仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	檨仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	檨, 檨仔
	Manila (Hokkien)	檨仔
	Pingnan (Sijie)	芒果
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	芒果
	Lechang (Tatou)	芒果
	Yingde (Yuzui)	芒果
	Yunan (Liantan)	芒果
	Chaozhou	檨, 芒果
	Shantou	檨, 芒果
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檨
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	檨
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	檨仔
	Jieyang	檨
	Haifeng	檨
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檨
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	芒果
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	檨
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檨囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	檨
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檨
	Leizhou	仙桃
	Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai)	仙桃
	Wenchang	芒果
	Haikou	芒果
	Qionghai	芒果
	Singapore (Hainanese)	檨
Puxian Min	Putian	臺灣檨
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	臺灣檨, 芒果
	Xianyou	臺灣檨
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	芒果
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	芒果
Wu	Shanghai	芒果
	Danyang	芒果
	Hangzhou	芒果
	Jinhua	芒果

Related terms

• 澳芒 (àománg)
• 腰芒 (yāománg)

Descendants

• ⇒ Zhuang: makmanghgoj

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
芒	果
マンゴー
Hyōgaiji (ateji)	Grade: 4 (ateji)
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 芒果 – see the following entry.

【マンゴー】 [noun] mango (fruit)

(This term, 芒果, is an alternative spelling (ateji) of the above term.)

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マンゴー.
• The kanji form is phonetic ateji (当て字) taken from Chinese 芒果 (mángguǒ).