絲瓜
Chinese edit
| silk; thread; trace | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (絲瓜) | 絲 | 瓜 | |
| simp. (丝瓜) | 丝 | 瓜 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
絲瓜
- loofah
- (Cantonese) specifically the Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 絲瓜 (“loofah”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 絲瓜 | |
| Mandarin | Harbin | 絲瓜 |
| Yantai (Muping) | 絲瓜 | |
| Jinan | 絲瓜 | |
| Luoyang | 絲瓜 | |
| Wanrong | 絲瓜, 攪瓜 | |
| Xi'an | 絲瓜子 | |
| Yinchuan | 絲瓜 | |
| Ürümqi | 絲瓜 | |
| Wuhan | 絲瓜 | |
| Chengdu | 絲瓜 | |
| Guiyang | 絲瓜 | |
| Liuzhou | 絲瓜, 八棱瓜 | |
| Xuzhou | 絲瓜 | |
| Yangzhou | 絲瓜子, 絲瓜 | |
| Nanjing | 絲瓜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 |
| Hong Kong | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 | |
| Dongguan | 絲瓜 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 絲瓜 |
| Pingxiang | 絲瓜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 絲瓜 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 菜瓜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 菜瓜 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 菜瓜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 菜瓜 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 薍薺 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 絲瓜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 絲瓜 |
| Xinzhou | 絲瓜子 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 菜瓜 |
| Quanzhou | 菜瓜 | |
| Jinjiang | 鼠瓜 | |
| Hui'an | 鼠瓜 | |
| Zhangzhou | 菜瓜 | |
| Tainan | 菜瓜 GT | |
| Jieyang | 鼠瓜 | |
| Haikou | 絲瓜 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 絲瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 絲瓜 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 絲瓜 | |
| Suzhou | 絲瓜 | |
| Hangzhou | 絲瓜兒 | |
| Wenzhou | 天羅瓜, 八棱瓜 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 絲瓜 |
| Loudi | 絲瓜 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |