白瓜

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (白瓜)		白	瓜
simp. #(白瓜)		白	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báiguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báiguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báigua
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-kua¹
    • Yale: bái-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairgua
    • Palladius: байгуа (bajgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ gwaa¹
    • Yale: baahk gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

白瓜

1. the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	瓜
しろ Grade: 1	うり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 瓜(うり) (uri, “gourd, melon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しろうり [shìróúrí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しろ​うり [shìróꜜùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)瓜(うり) or 白瓜(シロウリ) • (shirouri) 

1. the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon

   Synonyms: 青瓜 (aouri); 浅瓜 (asauri); 漬け瓜, 菜瓜 (tsukeuri)

Derived terms

• 白瓜(シロウリ)貝(ガイ) (shirourigai)