瓜皮帽

Chinese

		melon peel; small rowboat; watermelon cap	hat; cap
trad. (瓜皮帽)		瓜皮	帽
simp. #(瓜皮帽)		瓜皮	帽
Literally: “melon-rind hat”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guāpímào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄆㄧˊ ㄇㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua¹ pi² mao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ pei⁴ mou^6-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe-phôe-bō / koe-phê-bō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāpímào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄆㄧˊ ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guapímào
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-pʻi²-mao⁴
    • Yale: gwā-pí-màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guapyimaw
    • Palladius: гуапимао (guapimao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāpímàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄆㄧˊ ㄇㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guapímàor
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-pʻi²-mao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: gwā-pí-màur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guapyimawl
    • Palladius: гуапимаор (guapimaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵ maʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gua¹ pi² mao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gua pi mao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁵ pʰi²¹ mau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ pei⁴ mou^6-2
    • Yale: gwā pèih móu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ pei⁴ mou^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ péi⁴ mou^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹ mou̯²²⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-phôe-bō
    • Tâi-lô: kue-phuê-bō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koephoe'boi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰue²³⁻³³ bɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-phê-bō
    • Tâi-lô: kue-phê-bō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koephe'boi
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ bo³³/

A man wearing a watermelon cap (A Proud Father by Arnold Genthe, taken c. 1895-1906)

Noun

瓜皮帽

1. watermelon cap (Qing-era skullcap worn by men) (Classifier: 頂／顶 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓜皮帽 (“watermelon cap (a kind of skullcap)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓜皮帽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瓜皮帽兒, 帽頭兒
	Harbin	瓜皮帽兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瓜皮帽
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瓜撇帽兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瓜皮帽兒
	Wanrong	瓢帽
	Xi'an	瓜皮帽
	Xining	瓜皮帽子
	Xuzhou	瓜皮帽兒, 瓜皮帽子, 西瓜帽兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瓜殼帽
	Ürümqi	瓜皮帽
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瓜耳皮, 瓜皮帽
	Wuhan	瓜皮帽
	Guiyang	瓜皮帽, 小帽
	Liuzhou	瓜皮帽
	Nanning (Wuming)	瓜皮帽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瓜皮帽子
	Yangzhou	瓜皮帽子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	㩧帽
	Hong Kong	㩧帽
	Dongguan	欖豉帽, 地主帽
	Yunfu	喼帽
	Nanning	瓜皮帽
Gan	Lichuan	風帽
	Pingxiang	碗帽
Jin	Taiyuan	帽殼子
	Xinzhou	瓜殼兒帽
Northern Min	Jian'ou	帽䉐仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	小帽, 碗帽, 地主帽
	Fuqing	珠帽囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	碗帽, 瓢仔帽
	Quanzhou	瓢仔帽
	Zhangzhou	碗帽, 碗糕帽仔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	西瓜帽
Wu	Shanghai	瓜皮帽, 小滴子帽
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瓜皮帽
	Suzhou	瓜皮帽, 小滴子帽
	Danyang	西瓜頂
	Hangzhou	西瓜皮帽兒
	Ningbo	西瓜帽頭, 西瓜皮
	Jinhua	西瓜皮
Xiang	Changsha	瓜皮帽
	Loudi	粒粒帽子
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	頂崽帽