倭瓜
Chinese
[edit]| Japanese | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (倭瓜) | 倭 | 瓜 | |
| simp. #(倭瓜) | 倭 | 瓜 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄨㄛ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: woguå
- Wade–Giles: wo1-kua5
- Yale: wō-gwa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uo.gua
- Palladius: вогуа (vogua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /wɔ⁵⁵ g̊u̯ä²/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вәгуа (vəgua, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /və²⁴ kua⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wo1 gwaa1
- Yale: wō gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: wo1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wo1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]倭瓜
- (dialectal, chiefly northern China) pumpkin
- 又有兩三個丫頭在地下倒口袋裡的棗子倭瓜並些野菜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Yòu yǒu liǎng sān ge yātou zài dìxia dào kǒudài li de zǎozi wōguā bìng xiē yěcài. [Pinyin]
- And there were two or three servant girls on the floor taking jujubes, pumpkins, and some wild herbs out from the sack.
又有两三个丫头在地下倒口袋里的枣子倭瓜并些野菜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
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