The word **芒果** (mángguǒ) for "mango" is a classic example of a phonetic-semantic loanword in Chinese, formed through a process of transliteration and semantic adaptation. It originated from the English word "mango," which itself derives from the Portuguese "manga," tracing back to the Tamil "māṅgā." The first character **芒** (máng) was chosen primarily for its sound to approximate "man," while the second character **果** (guǒ), meaning "fruit," was added as a semantic determinative to clearly indicate the word's category, resulting in a compound that effectively means "the *mang*-fruit."