合手瓜

Chinese

		to put one's hands together to pray; to press one's palms together	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (合手瓜)		合手	瓜
simp. #(合手瓜)		合手	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héshǒuguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap⁶ sau² gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héshǒuguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshǒugua
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-shou³-kua¹
    • Yale: hé-shǒu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershoougua
    • Palladius: хэшоугуа (xɛšougua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ sau² gwaa¹
    • Yale: hahp sáu gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ sau² gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ seo² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚² sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

合手瓜

1. chayote

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛手瓜 (“chayote”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	土爾瓜
	Guiyang	捧瓜, 佛手瓜
	Liuzhou	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	佛手瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	合掌瓜
	Nanning	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	佛手瓜
Gan	Pengze	佛手瓜
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	香櫞瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	香瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	香藤瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	香櫞瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	吐舌瓜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香櫞瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香櫞瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	香櫞瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	合掌瓜
Southern Min	Zhao'an	佛手瓜, 香櫞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	佛手瓜, 香瓜仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	香櫞
	Kaohsiung	香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	佛手瓜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	佛手瓜, 香櫞瓜仔
	Tainan (Anping)	佛手瓜, 香瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Shantou	香櫞瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	香櫞瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佛手瓜