勝瓜

Chinese

		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (勝瓜)		勝	瓜
simp. (胜瓜)		胜	瓜

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 絲瓜, since 絲 (si1) is nearly homophonous to 輸 (syu1, “to lose”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènggua
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: shèng-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqgua
    • Palladius: шэнгуа (šɛngua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Yale: sing gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

勝瓜

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稜角絲瓜 (“Chinese okra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稜角絲瓜
Taxonomic name		稜角絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	澎湖絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	絲瓜, 八稜瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	絲瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Hong Kong	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Taishan	絲瓜
	Dongguan	絲瓜
	Nanning	絲瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	絲瓜
	Wuzhou	絲瓜
	Yulin	絲瓜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	絲瓜
Hakka	Meixian	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	角瓜
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	角瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	角瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	澎湖個菜瓜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	澎湖菜瓜
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	十捻瓜
	Taipei	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	菜瓜, 十捻
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	澎湖菜瓜, 十捻
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan (Luodong)	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	澎湖菜瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	澎湖菜瓜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	澎湖菜瓜
	Taichung	澎湖菜瓜
	Tainan	澎湖菜瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	澎湖菜瓜
	Hsinchu	澎湖菜瓜
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kinmen	角瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	割溝菜瓜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	割溝菜瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	絲瓜
Wu	Wenzhou	八稜瓜