合掌瓜

Chinese

		to put one's hands together to pray; to press one's palms together	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (合掌瓜)		合掌	瓜
simp. #(合掌瓜)		合掌	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hézhǎngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ zoeng² gwaa¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): hăk-ciōng-guă

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hézhǎngguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄓㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héjhǎnggua
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-chang³-kua¹
    • Yale: hé-jǎng-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herjaanggua
    • Palladius: хэчжангуа (xɛčžangua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ zoeng² gwaa¹
    • Yale: hahp jéung gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ dzoeng² gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ zêng² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² t͡sœːŋ³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hăk-ciōng-guă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haʔ⁵⁻²¹ t͡suoŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋua⁵⁵/

Noun

合掌瓜

1. chayote

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛手瓜 (“chayote”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	土爾瓜
	Guiyang	捧瓜, 佛手瓜
	Liuzhou	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	佛手瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	合掌瓜
	Nanning	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	佛手瓜
Gan	Pengze	佛手瓜
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	香櫞瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	香瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	香藤瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	香櫞瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香櫞瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香櫞瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	香櫞瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	合掌瓜
Southern Min	Zhao'an	佛手瓜, 香櫞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	佛手瓜, 香瓜仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	香櫞
	Kaohsiung	香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	佛手瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	佛手瓜, 香瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Shantou	香櫞瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	香櫞瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佛手瓜