冬瓜

Chinese

		winter	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (冬瓜)		冬	瓜
simp. #(冬瓜)		冬	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dōngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dong¹ gua¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gwaa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'dung¹ gua¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tûng-kôa

  (Meixian, Guangdong): dung¹ gua¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): dung¹ gua¹
• Northern Min (KCR): dóng-guá
• Eastern Min (BUC): dĕ̤ng-guă
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tang-koe / tang-koa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ guê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ton-ko
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong¹ gua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngguā → dōnggua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongguå
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-kua⁵
    • Yale: dūng-gwa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.gua
    • Palladius: дунгуа (dungua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ g̊u̯ä²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 冬瓜 東瓜／东瓜

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dong¹ gua¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dunggua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toŋ⁵⁵ kua⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dung¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: dūng gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 冬瓜 東瓜／东瓜

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'dung¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtuŋ⁴² kua⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-kôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: dung´ gua´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dung¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dung¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tũŋ¹¹ kua¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dóng-guá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ⁵⁴ kua⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dĕ̤ng-guă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøyŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋua⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tang-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /taŋ³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koa
    • Tâi-lô: tang-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ kua³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang¹ guê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kue³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ton-ko
    • MiniDict: ton^平 ko
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ton-ko
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toŋ⁵⁵ ko²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: dong¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /tʊŋ³³ ku̯a̠³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /tən³³ ku̯a̠³³/

Noun

冬瓜

1. winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd (Benincasa hispida) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
2. (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien) pumpkin

Synonyms

• (winter melon):

Dialectal synonyms of 冬瓜 (“winter melon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冬瓜
Taxonomic name		冬瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	冬瓜
	Taiwan	冬瓜
	Harbin	冬瓜
	Singapore	冬瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	冬瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	冬瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	冬瓜
	Wanrong	冬瓜
	Xi'an	冬瓜
	Xining	冬瓜
	Xuzhou	毛冬瓜, 冬瓜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	冬瓜
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	冬瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	冬瓜
	Lanzhou	冬瓜
	Ürümqi	冬瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	冬瓜
	Wuhan	冬瓜
	Guiyang	冬瓜
	Liuzhou	冬瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	冬瓜
	Yangzhou	冬瓜
	Hefei	冬瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冬瓜
	Hong Kong	冬瓜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	冬瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	冬瓜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	冬瓜
	Taishan	冬瓜
	Dongguan	冬瓜
	Yangjiang	冬瓜
	Maoming (Xinpo)	冬瓜
	Nanning	冬瓜
	Wuzhou	冬瓜
	Yulin	冬瓜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	冬瓜
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	冬瓜
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	冬瓜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	冬瓜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冬瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	冬瓜
	Móng Cái	冬瓜
Gan	Nanchang	冬瓜
	Lichuan	冬瓜
	Pingxiang	冬瓜
Hakka	Meixian	豬仔冬瓜, 冬瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	毛瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	薦瓜, 毛瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	毛冬瓜
	Jiexi	冬瓜
	Luhe	冬瓜
	Yudu	冬瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冬瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冬瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冬瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冬瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冬瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冬瓜
	Hong Kong	冬瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	冬瓜
	Senai (Huiyang)	冬瓜
Huizhou	Jixi	冬瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	冬瓜
	Xinzhou	冬瓜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冬瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冬瓜, 廣瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	冬瓜
	Quanzhou	大瓜
	Hui'an	大瓜
	Zhangzhou	冬瓜
	Zhao'an	冬瓜
	Tainan	冬瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	冬瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	冬瓜
	Manila (Hokkien)	冬瓜
	Chaozhou	冬瓜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	冬瓜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	冬瓜
	Batam (Teochew)	冬瓜
	Leizhou	冬瓜
	Haikou	冬瓜
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	冬瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	冬瓜
	Binyang	冬瓜
Wu	Shanghai	冬瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	冬瓜
	Suzhou	冬瓜
	Danyang	冬瓜
	Hangzhou	冬瓜
	Ningbo	冬瓜
	Wenzhou	冬瓜
	Jinhua	冬瓜
Xiang	Changsha	冬瓜
	Loudi	冬瓜
	Shuangfeng	冬瓜
	Quanzhou	冬瓜

• (pumpkin):

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜
Taxonomic name		南瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜, 老倭瓜, 北瓜, 南瓜
	Taiwan	南瓜
	Ulanhot	倭瓜
	Tongliao	倭瓜
	Chifeng	倭瓜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	倭瓜
	Harbin	倭瓜
	Shenyang	倭瓜
	Singapore	南瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	南瓜, 倭瓜, 北瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	芋瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Wanrong	北瓜, 倭瓜, 六水瓜
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	南瓜
	Zhengzhou	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Xi'an	倭瓜, 南瓜, 番瓜
	Xining	南瓜
	Xuzhou	南瓜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	南瓜, 倭瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	倭瓜, 麵瓜
	Bayanhot	倭瓜, 葫蘆
	Lanzhou	南瓜
	Ürümqi	倭瓜, 南瓜
	Jimsar	倭瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	南瓜
	Wuhan	南瓜
	Guiyang	南瓜
	Kunming	南瓜
	Guilin	南瓜
	Liuzhou	南瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	北瓜, 老北瓜, 南瓜
	Yangzhou	番瓜
	Nantong	番瓜
	Hefei	南瓜
Mandarin	Yanping	金瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 紅瓜, 甜瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	金瓜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	金瓜
	Macau	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	南瓜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	棚瓜
	Foshan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	針瓜
	Foshan (Shunde)	番瓜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	砧瓜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	砧瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	金瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	盒瓜
	Taishan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	番瓜
	Heshan (Yayao)	金瓜
	Dongguan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	甜瓜
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	金瓜
	Qingyuan	番瓜
	Fogang	番蒲
	Yingde (Hanguang)	番瓜
	Yangshan	番瓜
	Lianshan (Butian)	番瓜
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	南瓜
	Shaoguan	番瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓜
	Renhua	番蒲
	Lechang	番瓜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	金瓜
	Sihui	金瓜
	Guangning	金瓜
	Deqing	南瓜
	Huaiji	南瓜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	金瓜
	Yunfu	金瓜, 節瓜 small
	Xinxing	金瓜
	Luoding	金瓜
	Yunan (Pingtai)	金瓜
	Yangjiang	金瓜
	Xinyi	番瓜
	Maoming (Xinpo)	金瓜
	Lianjiang	金瓜, 南瓜
	Nanning	南瓜
	Wuzhou	金瓜
	Yulin	金瓜, 四月菜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	金瓜
	Danzhou	金瓜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	金瓜, 番瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	南瓜
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜
	Pengze	北瓜
	Lichuan	南瓜
	Pingxiang	金瓜
Hakka	Meixian	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Xingning	冬瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	金瓜
	Huiyang	金瓜
	Huidong (Daling)	金瓜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	金瓜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	金瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	金瓜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番瓜, 弓瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番瓜
	Changting	番瓠
	Wuping	番瓠
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番瓠
	Liancheng	金瓜
	Ninghua	番瓠
	Yudu	番瓠, 金瓜
	Ruijin	斑瓠
	Shicheng	番瓠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	番瓠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番瓜, 黃瓜, 黃瓠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番瓜, 金瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	黃瓠, 番瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	黃瓠, 金瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	金瓜
	Hong Kong	金瓜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	南瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	金瓜
	Senai (Huiyang)	金瓜
	Singkawang	黃瓠
Huizhou	Jixi	南瓜, 北瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Pingyao	南瓜
	Xinzhou	南瓜
	Taibus (Baochang)	倭瓜
	Linhe	倭瓜
	Jining	倭瓜
	Hohhot	番瓜
	Baotou	倭瓜
	Dongsheng	倭瓜
	Haibowan	麵瓜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	金瓜
	Songxi	金瓠
	Zhenghe	金瓜
	Jianyang	南瓜
	Wuyishan	南瓜
	Pucheng (Shibei)	金瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	金瓜, 南瓜
	Fuzhou (Changle)	金瓜
	Fuqing	金瓜
	Yongtai	金匏
	Gutian	金匏
	Fu'an	金匏
	Ningde	金匏
	Shouning	金瓜
	Zhouning	金匏
	Fuding	金瓜
	Matsu	金瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	金瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	金瓜
	Quanzhou	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Jinjiang	匏, 冬瓜
	Hui'an	冬瓜
	Anxi	金瓜
	Yongchun	匏
	Zhangzhou	金瓜
	Zhangpu	金瓜
	Yunxiao	金瓜
	Zhao'an	金瓜
	Dongshan	金瓜
	Taipei	金瓜
	Kaohsiung	金瓜
	Yilan	金瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	金瓜
	Taichung	金瓜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	金瓜
	Tainan	金瓜
	Taitung	金瓜
	Hsinchu	金瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	金瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Manila (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Longyan	番匏
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	烏匏
	Datian	番匏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	南瓜
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	南瓜
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	南瓜, 金瓜
	Guilin (Biyange)	金瓜
	Chaozhou	番瓜
	Shantou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番瓜
	Jieyang	番瓜
	Haifeng	金瓜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	南瓜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	金瓜
	Singapore (Teochew)	金瓜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	labu
	Leizhou	金瓜
	Wenchang	南瓜, 盒瓜
	Haikou	南瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	通瓜, 金瓜, 南瓜
	Xianyou	匏
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	番瓜, 南瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	金瓜, 南瓜
	Binyang	南瓜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	金瓜
Shehua	Fu'an	金瓠
	Fuding	金瓜
	Sanming	番瓠
	Shunchang	番瓠
	Hua'an	金瓜
	Guixi (Zhangping)	金瓠
	Cangnan	金瓜
	Jingning (Hexi)	金瓜
	Lishui	金瓜
	Longyou	金瓜
	Chaozhou	金瓜
	Fengshun	黃瓜
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜, 飯瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	番瓜
	Suzhou	南瓜
	Wuxi	南瓜
	Danyang	番瓜
	Hangzhou	南瓜
	Ningbo	飯瓜, 南瓜
	Linhai	金瓜
	Wenzhou	金瓜
	Jinhua	金瓜
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	花蒲
Xiang	Changsha	南瓜, 北瓜 suburbs
	Loudi	南瓜
	Shuangfeng	番瓜, 南瓜
	Quanzhou	南瓜

Derived terms

• 冬瓜條／冬瓜条 (dōngguātiáo)
• 冬瓜糖 (dōngguātáng)
• 冬瓜茶 (dōngguāchá)
• 冬瓜茶 (dōngguāchá)
• 冬瓜藤 (dōngguāténg)
• 冬瓜豆腐
• 刨冬瓜
• 大冬瓜
• 數冬瓜，道茄子／数冬瓜，道茄子
• 煲冬瓜
• 矮仔冬瓜
• 矮冬瓜 (ǎidōngguā)
• 糖冬瓜 (tángdōngguā)

 

Descendants

• → English: tung qua

See also

• 毛瓜 (máoguā)
• 節瓜／节瓜 (jiéguā)