北瓜
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]north | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (北瓜) | 北 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(北瓜) | 北 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄅㄟˇ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: běiguå
- Wade–Giles: pei3-kua5
- Yale: běi-gwa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beei.gua
- Palladius: бэйгуа (bɛjgua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /peɪ̯²¹⁴ g̊u̯ä⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'bet6 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈpɛt̚⁵ kua⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Wu
Noun
[edit]北瓜
- (dialectal) pumpkin
- (obsolete) a kind of watermelon
- (Shanghainese) squash
Synonyms
[edit]- (watermelon): 西瓜 (xīguā)