南瓜

Chinese

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

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南瓜

南瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nánguā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nan² gua¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нангуа (nangua, I-II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ ga¹
Jin (Wiktionary): nan¹ gua¹
Eastern Min (BUC): nàng-guă
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâm-koe / lâm-koa

(Teochew, Peng'im): nam⁵ guê¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-ko
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lan² gua¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánguā → nángua (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánguå
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-kua⁵
  - Yale: nán-gwa
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan.gua
  - Palladius: наньгуа (nanʹgua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /nän³⁵ g̊u̯ä³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nan² gua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: langua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ kua⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нангуа (nangua, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /næ̃²⁴ kua⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹
  - Yale: nàahm gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nam³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² ka³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: nan¹ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /næ̃¹¹ kua¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nàng-guă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋua⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-koe
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamkoef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² kue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-koa
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lamkoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nam⁵ guê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâm kue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶noe-ko
  - MiniDict: noe^去 ko
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-ko
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² ko⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lan² gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃an¹³ ku̯a̠³³/

Noun

南瓜

pumpkin; winter squash (plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜
Taxonomic name		南瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜, 老倭瓜, 北瓜, 南瓜
	Taiwan	南瓜
	Ulanhot	倭瓜
	Tongliao	倭瓜
	Chifeng	倭瓜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	倭瓜
	Harbin	倭瓜
	Shenyang	倭瓜
	Singapore	南瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	南瓜, 倭瓜, 北瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	芋瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Wanrong	北瓜, 倭瓜, 六水瓜
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	南瓜
	Zhengzhou	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Xi'an	倭瓜, 南瓜, 番瓜
	Xining	南瓜
	Xuzhou	南瓜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	南瓜, 倭瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	倭瓜, 麵瓜
	Bayanhot	倭瓜, 葫蘆
	Lanzhou	南瓜
	Ürümqi	倭瓜, 南瓜
	Jimsar	倭瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	南瓜
	Wuhan	南瓜
	Guiyang	南瓜
	Kunming	南瓜
	Guilin	南瓜
	Liuzhou	南瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	北瓜, 老北瓜, 南瓜
	Yangzhou	番瓜
	Nantong	番瓜
	Hefei	南瓜
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	金瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 紅瓜, 甜瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	金瓜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	金瓜
	Macau	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	南瓜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	棚瓜
	Foshan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	針瓜
	Foshan (Shunde)	番瓜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	砧瓜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	砧瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	金瓜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	盒瓜
	Taishan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	番瓜
	Heshan (Yayao)	金瓜
	Dongguan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	甜瓜
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	金瓜
	Qingyuan	番瓜
	Fogang	番蒲
	Yingde (Hanguang)	番瓜
	Yangshan	番瓜
	Lianshan (Butian)	番瓜
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	南瓜
	Shaoguan	番瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓜
	Renhua	番蒲
	Lechang	番瓜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	金瓜
	Sihui	金瓜
	Guangning	金瓜
	Deqing	南瓜
	Huaiji	南瓜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	金瓜
	Yunfu	金瓜, 節瓜 small
	Xinxing	金瓜
	Luoding	金瓜
	Yunan (Pingtai)	金瓜
	Yangjiang	金瓜
	Xinyi	番瓜
	Maoming (Xinpo)	金瓜
	Lianjiang	金瓜, 南瓜
	Nanning	南瓜
	Wuzhou	金瓜
	Yulin	金瓜, 四月菜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	金瓜
	Danzhou	金瓜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	金瓜, 番瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	南瓜
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜
	Pengze	北瓜
	Lichuan	南瓜
	Pingxiang	金瓜
Hakka	Meixian	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Xingning	冬瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	金瓜
	Huiyang	金瓜
	Huidong (Daling)	金瓜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	金瓜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	金瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	金瓜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番瓜, 弓瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番瓜
	Changting	番瓠
	Wuping	番瓠
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番瓠
	Liancheng	金瓜
	Ninghua	番瓠
	Yudu	番瓠, 金瓜
	Ruijin	斑瓠
	Shicheng	番瓠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	番瓠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番瓜, 黃瓜, 黃瓠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番瓜, 金瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	黃瓠, 番瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	黃瓠, 金瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	金瓜
	Hong Kong	金瓜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	南瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	金瓜
	Senai (Huiyang)	金瓜
	Singkawang	黃瓠
Huizhou	Jixi	南瓜, 北瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Pingyao	南瓜
	Xinzhou	南瓜
	Taibus (Baochang)	倭瓜
	Linhe	倭瓜
	Jining	倭瓜
	Hohhot	番瓜
	Baotou	倭瓜
	Dongsheng	倭瓜
	Haibowan	麵瓜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	金瓜
	Songxi	金瓠
	Zhenghe	金瓜
	Jianyang	南瓜
	Wuyishan	南瓜
	Pucheng (Shibei)	金瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	金瓜, 南瓜
	Fuzhou (Changle)	金瓜
	Fuqing	金瓜
	Yongtai	金匏
	Gutian	金匏
	Fu'an	金匏
	Ningde	金匏
	Shouning	金瓜
	Zhouning	金匏
	Fuding	金瓜
	Matsu	金瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	金瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	金瓜
	Quanzhou	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Jinjiang	匏, 冬瓜
	Hui'an	冬瓜
	Anxi	金瓜
	Yongchun	匏
	Zhangzhou	金瓜
	Zhangpu	金瓜
	Yunxiao	金瓜
	Zhao'an	金瓜
	Dongshan	金瓜
	Taipei	金瓜
	Kaohsiung	金瓜
	Yilan	金瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	金瓜
	Taichung	金瓜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	金瓜
	Tainan	金瓜
	Taitung	金瓜
	Hsinchu	金瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	金瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Manila (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Longyan	番匏
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	烏匏
	Datian	番匏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	南瓜
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	南瓜
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	南瓜, 金瓜
	Guilin (Biyange)	金瓜
	Chaozhou	番瓜
	Shantou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番瓜
	Jieyang	番瓜
	Haifeng	金瓜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	南瓜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	金瓜
	Singapore (Teochew)	金瓜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	labu
	Leizhou	金瓜
	Wenchang	南瓜, 盒瓜
	Haikou	南瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	通瓜, 金瓜, 南瓜
Puxian Min	Xianyou	匏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	番瓜, 南瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	金瓜, 南瓜
Southern Pinghua	Binyang	南瓜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	金瓜
Shehua	Fu'an	金瓠
	Fuding	金瓜
	Sanming	番瓠
	Shunchang	番瓠
	Hua'an	金瓜
	Guixi (Zhangping)	金瓠
	Cangnan	金瓜
	Jingning (Hexi)	金瓜
	Lishui	金瓜
	Longyou	金瓜
	Chaozhou	金瓜
	Fengshun	黃瓜
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜, 飯瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	番瓜
	Suzhou	南瓜
	Wuxi	南瓜
	Danyang	番瓜
	Hangzhou	南瓜
	Ningbo	飯瓜, 南瓜
	Linhai	金瓜
	Wenzhou	金瓜
	Jinhua	金瓜
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	花蒲
Xiang	Changsha	南瓜, 北瓜 suburbs
	Loudi	南瓜
	Shuangfeng	番瓜, 南瓜
	Quanzhou	南瓜

Derived terms

中國南瓜／中国南瓜
傑克南瓜燈／杰克南瓜灯 (jiékè-nánguādēng)
南瓜子 (nánguāzǐ)
南瓜批
南瓜派 (nánguāpài)
南瓜燈／南瓜灯 (nánguādēng)
印度南瓜
美洲南瓜

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南瓜):

→ Korean: 남과(南瓜) (namgwa)

Others:

→ Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠩᠭ᠋ᠤᠸᠠ (langɣuwa) / лангуа (langua)
→ Zhuang: namzgva

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	瓜
かぼちゃ
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
カボチャ

南瓜 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Portuguese Camboja (“Cambodia”).^[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜 (nánguā). Doublet of カンボジア.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) カボチャ [kàbóchá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠bo̞t͡ɕa̠]

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Noun

南瓜(かぼちゃ) or 南瓜(カボチャ) • (kabocha)

pumpkin; squash

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カボチャ.

Synonyms

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
南	瓜

Noun

南瓜 • (namgwa) (hangeul 남과)

hanja form^? of 남과 (“pumpkin”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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南瓜

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Synonyms

See also

References

Korean

Noun