勝瓜
Chinese edit
victorious; able to do; competent enough to | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (勝瓜) | 勝 | 瓜 | |
simp. (胜瓜) | 胜 | 瓜 |
Etymology edit
Euphemistic form of 絲瓜, since 絲 (si1) is nearly homophonous to 輸 (syu1, “to lose”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
勝瓜
- (chiefly Cantonese) loofah; Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)
Synonyms edit
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 絲瓜 | |
Mandarin | Harbin | 絲瓜 |
Yantai (Muping) | 絲瓜 | |
Jinan | 絲瓜 | |
Luoyang | 絲瓜 | |
Wanrong | 絲瓜, 攪瓜 | |
Xi'an | 絲瓜子 | |
Yinchuan | 絲瓜 | |
Ürümqi | 絲瓜 | |
Wuhan | 絲瓜 | |
Chengdu | 絲瓜 | |
Guiyang | 絲瓜 | |
Liuzhou | 絲瓜, 八棱瓜 | |
Xuzhou | 絲瓜 | |
Yangzhou | 絲瓜子, 絲瓜 | |
Nanjing | 絲瓜 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 |
Hong Kong | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 | |
Dongguan | 絲瓜 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 絲瓜 |
Pingxiang | 絲瓜 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 絲瓜 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 菜瓜 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 菜瓜 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 菜瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 菜瓜 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 薍薺 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 念瓜 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 絲瓜 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 絲瓜 |
Xinzhou | 絲瓜子 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 菜瓜 |
Xiamen (Tong'an) | 菜瓜 | |
Quanzhou | 菜瓜 | |
Jinjiang | 鼠瓜 | |
Hui'an | 鼠瓜 | |
Zhangzhou | 菜瓜 | |
Tainan | 菜瓜 GT | |
Jieyang | 鼠瓜 | |
Haikou | 絲瓜 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 絲瓜 |
Wu | Shanghai | 絲瓜 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 絲瓜 | |
Suzhou | 絲瓜 | |
Hangzhou | 絲瓜兒 | |
Wenzhou | 天羅瓜, 八棱瓜 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 絲瓜 |
Loudi | 絲瓜 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |