開心果
See also: 开心果
Chinese
| fruit; result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (開心果) | 開心 | 果 | |
| simp. (开心果) | 开心 | 果 | |
| Literally: “happy nut”. | |||
Etymology
Said to be thus called from the shape resemblance to a smiling face. Alternatively, it may be a literal interpretation of 開心 (“to open the heart”), since most pistachio nuts dehisce, or pop open as they mature.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi1 sam1 gwo2
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1khe-shin1-ku5 / 1khe-sin1-kou3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kāixīnguǒ
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kaisinguǒ
- Wade–Giles: kʻai1-hsin1-kuo3
- Yale: kāi-syīn-gwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishinguoo
- Palladius: кайсиньго (kajsinʹgo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kāixīnguǒr
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kaisinguǒr
- Wade–Giles: kʻai1-hsin1-kuo3-ʼrh
- Yale: kāi-syīn-gwǒr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishinguool
- Palladius: кайсиньгор (kajsinʹgor)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoi1 sam1 gwo2
- Yale: hōi sām gwó
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi1 sam1 gwo2
- Guangdong Romanization: hoi1 sem1 guo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
開心果
- pistachio nut
- (figurative) someone or something that makes people laugh, especially a lively and humorous person who keeps the group dynamic fun; barrel of laughs; life of the party