毛瓜

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (毛瓜)		毛	瓜
simp. #(毛瓜)		毛	瓜

Etymology

Named for its fuzziness.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máoguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máoguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máogua
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-kua¹
    • Yale: máu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maugua
    • Palladius: маогуа (maogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: mòuh gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

毛瓜

1. hairy gourd; fuzzy melon (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua)

Synonyms

• 節瓜／节瓜 (jiéguā)

See also

• 冬瓜 (dōngguā)
• 夏南瓜 (xiànánguā)