車厘茄

Chinese
eggplant
trad. (車厘茄) 車厘 茄
simp. (车厘茄) 车厘 茄

Etymology

Calque of English cherry tomato.

Pronunciation

Noun

車厘茄

  1. (Cantonese) cherry tomato

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 聖女果 (“cherry tomato”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聖女果 Mainland China, 聖女番茄 Taiwan
Mandarin Taiwan 聖女番茄
Cantonese Hong Kong 車厘茄
Wu Shanghai 櫻桃小番茄
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