香瓜
Chinese
editfragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (香瓜) | 香 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(香瓜) | 香 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng1 gwaa1
- Jin (Wiktionary): xion1 gua1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sianggua
- Wade–Giles: hsiang1-kua1
- Yale: syāng-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianggua
- Palladius: сянгуа (sjangua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hoeng1 gwaa1
- Yale: hēung gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: hêng1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xion1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃¹¹ kua¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Noun
edit香瓜
- oriental melon
- muskmelon; cantaloupe
- (Northern Min, Xianyou Min) cucumber
- (Wuhua Yue Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) chayote
Synonyms
edit- (oriental melon): 梨仔瓜; 美濃瓜/美浓瓜 (měinóngguā)
- (muskmelon): 蜜瓜 (mìguā), 甜瓜 (tiánguā), 洋香瓜; (Hokkien) 芳瓜
- (cucumber):
- (chayote):
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 土爾瓜 |
Guiyang | 捧瓜, 佛手瓜 | |
Liuzhou | 佛手瓜 | |
Nanning (Wuming) | 佛手瓜 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 合掌瓜 |
Nanning | 佛手瓜 | |
Nanning (Tanka) | 佛手瓜 | |
Gan | Pengze | 佛手瓜 |
Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 香櫞瓜 |
Wuhua (Huacheng) | 香瓜 | |
Wuhua (Changbu) | 香藤瓜 | |
Wuhua (Mianyang) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 合掌瓜 |
Southern Min | Zhao'an | 佛手瓜, 香櫞 |
New Taipei (Tamsui) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜仔 | |
New Taipei (Pingxi) | 香櫞 | |
Kaohsiung | 香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔 | |
Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 佛手瓜 | |
Tainan (Anping) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 | |
Shantou | 香櫞瓜 | |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 香櫞瓜 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佛手瓜 |