芒果
mong¹ gwo²
The English word for mango is 芒果 (mong¹ gwo²) in Cantonese.
芒果 is used to refer to the fruit.
Meaning: fruit (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
mong¹ gwo²
Did you know?
- The character 芒 in 芒果 originally referred to the fine, bristly awns or 'hairs' found on certain types of grain, rather than the fruit itself.
- Cantonese has various 'classifier' words for nouns, and when counting 芒果, speakers typically use the word 個 to treat the fruit as a discrete, rounded object.
- In Hong Kong, the 芒果 is so beloved that 'Mango Pomelo Sago' is considered a quintessential Cantonese dessert, blending the fruit with citrus and chewy sago pearls.
Examples in context
- 晏晝左右落緊雨,又凍又濕。我哋八個屋企人同朋友喺 BC 溫哥華嘅一間越南餐廳 Crab Hot Lau 食。我好鍾意飲熱茶,有荔枝嘅水果味,呢個假期餐廳好擠。我真係好鍾意用 Piper lolot 嘅葉包住嘅豬肉。我個人叫嘅係8號:叉燒配埋粉絲。我仲好鍾意個方形蟹春卷。我阿媽整咗芒果棒,佢帶咗去餐廳食我哋嘅甜品。餐廳附近係一間葡萄牙嘅 Serra Bar Café 。當日係2024年12月25號,即係「聖誕」,亦係光明節嘅第一日。It was raining around noon, cold and clammy. There were eight of us family and friends at Crab Hot Lau, a Vietnamese restaurant in Vancouver, BC. I enjoyed the hot tea, having a fruity taste like lychee. The restaurant was crowded this holiday. I really enjoyed the pork wrapped in the leaves of the Piper lolot. My individual order was the Number 8: barbecued pork with vermicelli. I enjoyed also the square crab spring rolls. My mother made mango bars, which she brought to the restaurant for our dessert. Near the restaurant was the Serra Bar Café, a Portuguese establishment. It was the 25th of December of 2024, "Krismas" and the first day of Hanukkah.This sentence is useful for seeing 芒果 used in the context of a dessert brought to a restaurant.Tatoeba #13109068 by Davidgo5867, translation #12938625 by nonong
- 呢個係我今年第54次去「蛤蜊廟」,即係位於露露島聖阿爾本斯道嘅羅馬天主教教堂,喺2025年6月25號呢個多雲嘅日子。對我嚟講,呢個係世界語嘅「康科坦普洛」。對我嚟講,呢個係世界語嘅「 Konkotemplo 」,當時係朝早六點幾,好靜,而我哋只有三個人嗰日,我去咗 Tim Hortons 咖啡館幾次。下午,我喺屋企午睡,發咗個夢:有年輕嘅日本訪客嚟我屋企。 喺地下,我用緊一個好似盒朱古力噉嘅形狀,同啲菲律賓人影緊佢哋嘅相,而啲相就變咗,令到啲人塊面好似朱古力噉! 後來,醒咗之後,我去咗金氏農市場買咗個黃色嘅馬尼拉芒果,然後去 FreshCo 買咗個帶紅色嘅蝦環雞尾酒喼汁。It was my 54th visit this year to the "Clam Temple," the Roman Catholic church on St. Albans Road, here on Lulu Island, this cloudy 25th of June of 2025. It's "Konkotemplo" in Esperanto for me. It was around 6 in the morning, very quiet, and there were only three of us in the huge clam-shaped nave, the void, ah! I'm a spiritual Syncretist. Later in the day, I went to Tim Hortons café several times. In the afternoon, I took a siesta at home and had a dream: There were young Japanese visitors to my house. On the ground floor, I was taking a picture of them with some Filipinos using what was called a "picture-taker" shaped like a box of chocolates, and the pictures turned out, so that the people's faces looked like chocolate! Later, awakened, I went to Kin's Farm Market to buy a yellow Manila Mango, then to FreshCo to buy a ring of shrimps with red cocktail sauce.This sentence is useful for seeing 芒果 used when describing a purchase from a market.Tatoeba #13352766 by Davidgo5867, translation #13299267 by nonong
Example conversation
Yating and Zikien are at a fruit market.
- 雅婷 Nga Ting呢個芒果熟咗未?ni1 go3 mong4 gwo2 suk6 zo2 mei6?Is this mango ripe yet?
- 子健 Tsz Kin熟咗喇,好甜㗎。suk6 zo2 laa3, hou2 tim4 gaa3.It's ripe, it's very sweet.
- 雅婷 Nga Ting咁我想買兩個芒果。gam2 ngo5 soeng2 maai5 loeng2 go3 mong4 gwo2.Then I want to buy two mangoes.
- 子健 Tsz Kin好,我幫你袋。hou2, ngo5 bong1 nei5 dai2.Okay, I'll bag them for you.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “mango” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.