苦瓜臉

See also: 苦瓜脸

Chinese

		bitter melon; bitter gourd	face
trad. (苦瓜臉)		苦瓜	臉
simp. (苦瓜脸)		苦瓜	脸
Literally: “bitter melon face”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔguāliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² gwaa¹ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔguāliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgualiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kua¹-lien³
    • Yale: kǔ-gwā-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugualean
    • Palladius: кугуалянь (kugualjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² gwaa¹ lim⁵
    • Yale: fú gwā líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gwaa¹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² gua¹ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ liːm¹³/

Noun

苦瓜臉

1. a person's face showing sadness, anxiety, or sombreness