南瓜子

Chinese

		pumpkin; winter squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (南瓜子)		南瓜	子
simp. #(南瓜子)		南瓜	子
alternative forms		南瓜籽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguāzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-ko₁-tsy₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguāzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguazǐh
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kua¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: nán-gwā-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguatzyy
    • Palladius: наньгуацзы (nanʹguaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²
    • Yale: nàahm gwā jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gua¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶noe-ko₁-tsy₅
    • MiniDict: noe^去 ko^平 tsy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-ko₁-tsr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² ko⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

南瓜子

1. pumpkin seed; seed of the cucurbita (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜子兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	南瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜子
	Pengze	北瓜子
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜子, 飯瓜子

Descendants

• → Japanese: 南(ナン)瓜(グア)子(ズ) (nanguazu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	瓜	子
ナン Grade: 2	グア Jinmeiyō	ズ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
ナングアズ

Etymology

From Mandarin 南瓜子 (nánguāzǐ)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ナングアズ [náꜜǹgùàzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋɡɯ̟a̠zɨ]

Noun

南(ナン)瓜(グア)子(ズ) • (nanguazu) 

1. dried and flavoured pumpkin seeds, eaten as a snack