手瓜

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (手瓜)		手	瓜
simp. ^#(手瓜)		手	瓜

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gwaa¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): su³ gua¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² gwaa¹
  - Yale: sáu gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su³ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su³¹ kua⁴⁴/

Noun

手瓜

(Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) upper arm

Synonyms

上臂 (shàngbì)
上膊 (shàngbó)
(Min Nan) 手股, 手箍

Dialectal synonyms of 胳膊 (“arm”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臂
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胳膊, 胳臂, 手臂, 臂膀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胳臂, 胳膊
	Taiwan	胳膊, 胳臂, 手臂
	Ulanhot	胳膊
	Tongliao	胳膊
	Chifeng	胳膊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	胳膊, 膀子
	Harbin	胳膊
	Shenyang	胳臂
	Singapore	手臂
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	胳膊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	胳膊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胳膊
	Wanrong	胳膊
	Zhengzhou	胳膊
	Xi'an	胳膊
	Xining	胳膊, 膀膀
	Xuzhou	胳膊, 膀子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胳臂, 膀子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	胳膊
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	胳膊
	Bayanhot	胳膊
	Lanzhou	胳膊
	Ürümqi	膀子, 胳臂
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	手桿, 手膀子, 手膀膀兒
	Chongqing	手桿, 手膀子
	Wuhan	膀子, 胳膀
	Guiyang	手桿, 手膀子
	Kunming	手膀子
	Guilin	手膀
	Liuzhou	手膀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	膀子, 手膀子
	Yangzhou	膀子
	Nantong	手膀子
	Hefei	胛子, 胳膊
	Huanggang	手桿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手臂, 手骨, 手瓜, 手臂瓜, 手
	Hong Kong	手臂, 手瓜, 手
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	手臂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	手臂
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	手臂
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	手臂
	Macau	手瓜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	手瓜, 手臂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	手臂瓜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	手臂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	手臂
	Foshan	手瓜, 手臂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	手瓜
	Foshan (Shunde)	手瓜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	手瓜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	手瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	手瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	手瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	手瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	手臂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	手瓜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	手瓜, 手臂
	Taishan	手臂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	手臂, 手瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	手臂
	Heshan (Yayao)	手瓜
	Dongguan	手臂, 手臂瓜, 手瓜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	手瓜, 手臂
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	手
	Qingyuan	手瓜, 手臂
	Fogang	手臂
	Yingde (Hanguang)	手臂
	Yangshan	手臂, 手瓜
	Lianshan (Butian)	手脛
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	手瓜
	Shaoguan	手瓜, 手臂
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	手臂
	Renhua	手臂
	Lechang	手臂
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	手臂
	Sihui	手臂
	Guangning	手臂
	Deqing	手瓜
	Huaiji	手臂, 手瓜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	手臂
	Yunfu	手臂
	Xinxing	手臂
	Luoding	手臂
	Yunan (Pingtai)	手臂
	Yangjiang	手臂
	Xinyi	手臂
	Maoming (Xinpo)	手骨
	Lianjiang	手臂
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	手臂
	Nanning	手臂, 手
	Wuzhou	手臂
	Yulin	手臂
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	手骨, 手臂
	Guiping	手臂
	Mengshan (Xihe)	手脛
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	手臂
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	手臂
	Baise	手臂
	Bobai	手臂
Lingshan	手臂
Qinzhou	手臂
Beihai	手骨
Ningming	手臂
Hengzhou	手臂
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	手臂
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	手臂
Gan	Nanchang	胛骨子
	Lichuan	摘膊
	Pingxiang	手梗, 手欛子
Hakka	Meixian	手髀, 手梗
	Xingning	手梗
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	手臂
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	手臂
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	手臂
	Huiyang	手髀
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	手臂
	Huidong (Daling)	手髀
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	手臂
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	手臂
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	手臂
	Boluo (Bendihua)	手臂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	手臂
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	手零臂
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	手髀
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	手臂, 手
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	手髀
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	手髀
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	手攬臂
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	手臂
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	手髀
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	手臂
	Wengyuan	手髀
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	手梗
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	手髀
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	手髀
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	手臂
	Liannan	手臂
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	胛骨
	Jiexi	手髀
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	手髀
	Changting	手梗, 手
	Wuping	手梗
	Wuping (Yanqian)	手梗
	Wuping (Pingyu)	手梗
	Liancheng	手梗
	Ninghua	手肚
	Yudu	手骨, 手梗
	Ruijin	手腩棍, 手棍
	Shicheng	手梗, 手胛
	Shangyou (Shexi)	手髀
	Tonggu (Sandu)	手膀
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	手臂
	Dayu	手臂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手骨, 手想, 手髀
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手骨, 手想, 手髀
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手骨, 手想, 手髀
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手梗, 手骨, 手想, 手髀
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手梗, 手想, 手髀
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手骨, 手肢
	Hong Kong	手髀, 手梗
	Mengshan (Xihe)	手膀
	Luchuan	手膀
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	手臂
	Senai (Huiyang)	手臂
Huizhou	Jixi	胳膊
	Shexian	手膀, 手管
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	手膀
	Xiuning	手膀
	Yixian	手拐
	Qimen	手
	Wuyuan	胳膊掌
Jin	Taiyuan	胳膊
	Pingyao	胳膊
	Xinzhou	胳膊
	Taibus (Baochang)	胳膊
	Linhe	胳膊
	Jining	胳膊
	Hohhot	胳膊
	Baotou	胳膊
	Dongsheng	胳膊
	Haibowan	胳膊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手膀
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	手膀
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	手膀
	Pucheng (Shibei)	手膀
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手腿, 手臂
	Fuqing	手臂
	Matsu	手腿, 手臂
Southern Min	Xiamen	手骨, 手栱
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	手骨
	Quanzhou	手肚, 手骨
	Jinjiang	手肚, 手腿
	Yongchun	手肚
	Zhangzhou	手栱
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	手骨, 手股
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	手臂
	Chaozhou	手臂
	Shantou	手臂
	Jieyang	手臂股
	Bangkok (Teochew)	手臂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	手把
	Leizhou	手生
	Haikou	手腿
Puxian Min	Putian	手肚
Puxian Min	Xianyou	手肚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手臂, 手瓜, 手臂瓜, 手肚
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	手膀子
Wu	Shanghai	臂巴, 手臂巴
	Shanghai (Chongming)	臂巴
	Suzhou	臂膊
	Wuxi	手臂
	Danyang	手臂, 手箍郎
	Hangzhou	手膀
	Ningbo	手膀, 手骨, 手骨兒
	Wenzhou	手肢肚, 手臂
	Jinhua	手臂
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	手臂, 手臂骨
Xiang	Changsha	手欛子
	Loudi	手欛子
	Shuangfeng	手欛子
	Quanzhou	手臂

Derived terms