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煲冬瓜
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Chinese
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
Chinese
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pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat
winter melon
;
ash gourd
;
wax gourd
winter melon
;
ash gourd
;
wax gourd
;
tallow gourd
trad.
(
煲冬瓜
)
煲
冬瓜
simp.
#
(
煲冬瓜
)
煲
冬瓜
Literally:
“to make winter melon soup”.
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has articles on:
煲冬瓜
(Cantonese)
煲冬瓜
(Written Standard Chinese
?
)
Etymology
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Similar-sounding pun on
普通話
/
普通话
(
pou2 tung1 waa6-2
, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
bou
1
dung
1
gwaa
1
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
bou
1
dung
1
gwaa
1
Yale
:
b
ō
u d
ū
ng gw
ā
Cantonese Pinyin
:
bou
1
dung
1
gwaa
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
bou
1
dung
1
gua
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/pou̯
⁵⁵
tʊŋ
⁵⁵
kʷaː
⁵⁵
/
Noun
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煲冬瓜
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:
see
煲
(
bāo
)
,
冬瓜
(
dōngguā
)
.
(
Cantonese
,
humorous
)
Mandarin Chinese
, especially when spoken with a
heavy
Cantonese
accent