苦瓜
Chinese edit
bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (苦瓜) | 苦 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(苦瓜) | 苦 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
苦瓜
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Others:
- → English: bitter melon, bittermelon (calque), bitter gourd (calque), foo qua
- → Paiwan: kawkuy
- → Vietnamese: mướp đắng (calque)
Further reading edit
- “Entry #5483”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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苦 | 瓜 |
にが Grade: 3 |
うり Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
苦 (niga, “bitter”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáꜜùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- (Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáúrí] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáúꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]
Noun edit
苦瓜 or 苦瓜 • (nigauri)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごい, rōmaji nigagoi) (Kagoshima dialect)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごり, rōmaji nigagori) (Miyazaki dialect)
Synonyms edit
- 蔓茘枝 (tsurureishi)
Okinawan edit
Kanji in this term | |
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苦 | 瓜 |
Grade: 3 | Jinmeiyō |
Noun edit
苦瓜 (gōyā)
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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苦 | 瓜 |
Noun edit
苦瓜
- chữ Hán form of khổ qua (“bitter melon; bitter gourd”).