瓠瓜

Chinese

		gourd	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (瓠瓜)		瓠	瓜
simp. #(瓠瓜)		瓠	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ gwaa¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu⁴ gua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùgua
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: hù-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhgua
    • Palladius: хугуа (xugua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶ gwaa¹
    • Yale: wuh gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu⁴ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu⁴⁵ ku̯a̠³³/

Noun

瓠瓜

1. a certain variety of Lagenaria siceraria whose fruit is long and slender and cylindrical in shape, and whose flowers are white and bloom at night

Synonyms

• 瓠子 (hùzi)
• (Wu) 夜開花／夜开花