阿瓜

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (阿瓜)		阿	瓜
simp. #(阿瓜)		阿	瓜

Etymology

From Hokkien 阿倌 (a-koaⁿ)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ gwaa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ gwaa¹
    • Yale: a gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

阿瓜

1. (Malaysian Cantonese and Singapore Cantonese) hermaphrodite
2. (Singapore Cantonese) male prostitute
3. (Singapore Cantonese, derogatory) transgender woman