My Cantonese Lexicon I: Fruit

English	Cantonese	jyutping	yale
orange	橙	caang4/2*	chàahng / chaáng
lemon	檸檬	ning4 mung1	nìhng mūng
lime	青檸	ceng1 ning4/2	chēng nìhng / níng
grapefruit	西柚	sai1 jau6/2	sāi yauh / yáu
pomelo	碌柚	luk1 jau6/2	lūk yauh / yáu
mandarin	桔	gat1	gāt
tangerine	咁	gam1	gām
apple	蘋果	ping4 gwo2	pìhng gwó
banana	香蕉	hoeng1 ziu1	hēung jīu
pear	啤梨	be1 lei4/2	bē lèih / léi
watermelon	西瓜	sai1 gwaa1	sāi gwā
mango	芒果	mong4/1 gwo2	mòhng / mōng gwó
papaya	木瓜	muk6 gwaa1	muhk gwā
kiwi fruit	奇異果	kei4 ji6 gwo2	kèih yih gwó
grape	提子	tai4 zi2	tàih jí
lychee	荔枝	lai6 zi1	laih jī
longan	龍眼	lung4 ngaan5	lùhng ngáahn
loquat	枇杷	pei4 paa4	peìh pàh
durian	榴槤	lau4 lin4	làuh lìhn
passionfruit	熱情果	jit6 cing4 gwo2	yiht chìhng gwó
dragonfruit	火龍果	fo2 lung4 gwo2	fó lùhng gwó
coconut	椰子	je4 zi2	yèh jí

plum	梅	mui4	muìh
peach	桃	tou4	toùh
nectarine	油桃	jau4 tou4	yaùh toùh
apricot	杏挑	hang6 tou4	hahng toùh
blueberry	藍莓	laam4 mui4/2	làahm muìh / muí
strawberry	士多啤梨	si6 do1 be1 lei4/2	sih dō bē lèih / léi
cherry	車厘子	ce1 lei4 zi2	chē lèih jí
raspberry	紅梅	hung4 mui4/2	huhng muìh / muí

*Some words experience a tone change. CantoDict (see below) attributes this to whether the character is being read in a literary manner or a colloquial manner, but some Hong Kong friends have told me that the tone depends on what surrounds the word.

E.g. jyu4 (yùh) = literary, jyu2 (yú)= colloquial

(Please see CantoDict's explanation: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/tones.htm#cantodict_tones )

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