佛手瓜

Chinese

		Buddha's hand; fingered citron	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (佛手瓜)		佛手	瓜
simp. #(佛手瓜)		佛手	瓜

chayote

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fóshǒuguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-chhiú-koe / pu̍t-chhiú-koe / hu̍t-siú-koe / hu̍t-chhiú-koa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fóshǒuguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóshǒugua
    • Wade–Giles: fo²-shou³-kua¹
    • Yale: fwó-shǒu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshoougua
    • Palladius: фошоугуа (fošougua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹
    • Yale: faht sáu gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ sau² gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶ seo² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koe
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /hut̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chhiú-koe
    • Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tshiú-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pudchiw'koef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /put̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-siú-koe
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-siú-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudsiw'koef
    • IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koa
    • Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koaf
    • IPA (Penang): /hut̚⁴⁻³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kua³³/

Noun

佛手瓜

1. chayote

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛手瓜 (“chayote”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨
Mandarin	Taiwan	佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜
	Chengdu	土爾瓜
	Guiyang	捧瓜, 佛手瓜
	Liuzhou	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	佛手瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	合掌瓜
	Nanning	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	佛手瓜
Gan	Pengze	佛手瓜
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	香櫞瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	香瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	香藤瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	香櫞瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香櫞瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香櫞瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	香櫞瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	合掌瓜
Southern Min	Zhao'an	佛手瓜, 香櫞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	佛手瓜, 香瓜仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	香櫞
	Kaohsiung	香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	佛手瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	佛手瓜, 香瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Shantou	香櫞瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	香櫞瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佛手瓜

See also

• (not to be confused with) 佛手 (fóshǒu)