南瓜

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ChineseEdit

		south	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (南瓜)		南	瓜

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nánguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nangua
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: nàahm gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ kʷɑː⁵⁵/

NounEdit

南瓜

1. pumpkin
2. cushaw; winter squash

SynonymsEdit

• (pumpkin): 金瓜, 倭瓜, 番瓜

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JapaneseEdit

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Kanji in this term
南	瓜
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
Irregular

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese Camboja ‎(“Cambodia”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜.

PronunciationEdit

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) かぼちゃ [kàbóchá] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bo̞t͡ɕa̠]

NounEdit

南瓜 ‎(hiragana かぼちゃ, katakana カボチャ, romaji kabocha)

1. pumpkin; squash

SynonymsEdit

• 唐茄子 (とうなす) ‎(tōnasu), 南 (なん)京 (きん) ‎(nankin)

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