瓜子菜

Chinese

		melon seed	vegetable
trad. (瓜子菜)		瓜子	菜
simp. #(瓜子菜)		瓜子	菜

Etymology

Named for the shape of the leaves, which resemble melon seeds.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ zi² coi³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ zi² coi³
    • Yale: gwā jí choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ dzi² tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ ji² coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/

Noun

瓜子菜

1. (Cantonese, Guangxi Mandarin) purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 馬齒莧 (“purslane”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		馬齒莧
Taxonomic name		馬齒莧
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	麻纓兒菜, 麻繩兒菜, 襪底兒菜
	Taiwan	馬齒莧
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	馬鬚菜
	Jinan	馬踏菜, 馬繩菜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	螞蚱兒菜
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	馬齒
	Xuzhou	馬馬菜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	胖娃娃草
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	馬屎莧
	Liuzhou	馬齒莧, 瓜子菜
	Nanning (Wuming)	馬齒莧, 瓜子菜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	馬齒莧
	Yangzhou	馬齒菜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瓜子菜
	Hong Kong	馬齒莧
	Dongguan	馬齒莧
	Nanning	瓜子菜
Gan	Pengze	馬子莧
	Pingxiang	馬齒莧
Hakka	Meixian	老鼠耳, 馬齒莧
	Xingning	老鼠耳
	Yudu	馬屎莧
Huizhou	Jixi	馬齒甲
Jin	Taiyuan	馬齒莧, 馬齒齒
	Xinzhou	馬齒
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬母菜
	Quanzhou	豬母菜
	Zhangzhou	豬母奶
	Tainan	豬母菜
	Jieyang	豬母莧
	Haifeng	豬母菜, 豬母酸
Wu	Shanghai	醬板草
	Jinhua	豬母莧
Xiang	Changsha	馬齒莧
	Loudi	馬齒莧