埕瓜

Chinese

		earthen jar	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (埕瓜)		埕	瓜
simp. #(埕瓜)		埕	瓜

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): diaⁿ² gua¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: diaⁿ² gua¹ [Phonetic: diaⁿ⁵ ua¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ua⁵³³/

Noun

埕瓜

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) loofah

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 絲瓜 (“(smooth) loofah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	絲瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	絲瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	絲瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	絲瓜
	Wanrong	絲瓜, 攪瓜
	Xi'an	絲瓜子
	Xuzhou	絲瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	絲瓜
	Ürümqi	絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	絲瓜
	Wuhan	絲瓜
	Guiyang	絲瓜
	Liuzhou	水瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	水瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	絲瓜
	Yangzhou	絲瓜子, 絲瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水瓜
	Hong Kong	水瓜
	Dongguan	水瓜
	Nanning	水瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	水瓜
	Wuzhou	水瓜
	Yulin	水瓜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	水瓜
Gan	Nanchang	絲瓜
	Pengze	網瓜
	Lichuan	紡線
	Pingxiang	絲瓜
Hakka	Meixian	滯瓜
	Dabu (Xihe)	滯瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	水瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	滯瓜
	Jiexi	秋瓜
	Jiexi (Huizhai)	水瓜
	Luhe	絲瓜
	Nanjing (Meilin)	薍薺
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	薍薺
	Changting	薍薺
	Longyan (Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	薍薺
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Peitian)	絲瓜
	Liancheng (Juxi)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	絲瓜
	Yudu	南瓜
	Ruijin	亂絲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜瓜仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	菜瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	菜瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薍薺
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	timun
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	秋瓜
	Singkawang	秋瓜
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	薍薺
Huizhou	Jixi	絲瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	絲瓜
	Xinzhou	絲瓜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	天蘿
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	天蘿
	Songxi	藤蘿
	Zhenghe	藤蘿
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	蔓瓜
	Jianyang	布瓜
	Wuyishan	天蘿
	Pucheng (Shibei)	藤蘿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𰱗
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𰱗
	Fuqing	𰱗瓜
	Yongtai	𰱗
	Gutian	鼎𰱗
	Fu'an	禮瓜
	Ningde	𰱗瓜
	Shouning	藤蘿
	Zhouning	藤蘿
	Fuding	蘿瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜瓜
	Quanzhou	菜瓜
	Jinjiang	鼠瓜
	Hui'an	鼠瓜
	Zhangzhou	菜瓜
	Taipei	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	菜瓜
	Yilan (Luodong)	菜瓜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	菜瓜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	菜瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	菜瓜
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	菜瓜
	Kinmen	菜瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	菜瓜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	菜瓜
	Jieyang	鼠瓜
	Haikou	絲瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	菜瓜
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	菜瓜
	Xianyou	埕瓜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	菜瓜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	菜瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水瓜
Wu	Shanghai	絲瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	絲瓜
	Suzhou	絲瓜
	Hangzhou	絲瓜兒
	Wenzhou	天蘿瓜
	Jinhua	天蘿
Xiang	Changsha	絲瓜
	Loudi	絲瓜
	Hengyang	絲瓜子

Derived terms

• 埕瓜布
• 埕瓜推

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “埕瓜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 148.