櫛瓜

Chinese

		comb out; weed out, eliminate	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (櫛瓜)		櫛	瓜
simp. (栉瓜)		栉	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégua
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-kua¹
    • Yale: jyé-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyegua
    • Palladius: цзегуа (czegua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

櫛瓜

1. (Taiwan) zucchini; courgette (Classifier: 根 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西葫蘆 (“zucchini; courgette”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	櫛瓜, 夏南瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	翠玉瓜