涼瓜

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Chinese

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cool; cold
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (涼瓜) 涼 瓜
simp. (凉瓜) 凉 瓜

Etymology

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Refers to the "coldness" of the melon according to traditional Chinese medicine. Reportedly arising from taboo of mentioning the 苦 (fu2, “bitter; misery”) in 苦瓜 (fu2 gwaa1, “bitter melon”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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涼瓜

  1. (Cantonese) bitter melon
    涼瓜炒牛肉／凉瓜炒牛肉 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng4 gwaa1 caau2 ngau4 juk6 [Jyutping]  ―  stir-fried beef with bitter melon

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 苦瓜
Taxonomic name 苦瓜
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 苦瓜, 癩瓜兒
Taiwan 苦瓜
Langfang 苦瓜
Chengde 苦瓜
Chifeng 苦瓜
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 苦瓜
Heihe 苦瓜
Qiqihar 苦瓜
Harbin 苦瓜, 癩瓜
Jiamusi 苦瓜
Baicheng 苦瓜
Changchun 苦瓜, 癩瓜
Tonghua 苦瓜
Shenyang 苦瓜, 癩瓜
Jinzhou 癩瓜兒
Malaysia 苦瓜
Singapore 苦瓜
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 苦瓜
Tangshan 苦瓜, 癩不頭
Cangzhou 苦瓜
Baoding 苦瓜
Shijiazhuang 苦瓜
Lijin 苦瓜
Jinan 苦瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 癩瓜兒
Dandong 苦瓜
Yantai 苦瓜
Qingdao 苦瓜
Zhucheng 苦瓜
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 苦瓜
Lingbao 苦瓜
Jining 苦瓜
Daming 苦瓜
Linfen 苦瓜
Shangqiu 苦瓜
Yuanyang 苦瓜
Zhengzhou 苦瓜
Xinyang 苦瓜
Baihe 苦瓜
Xi'an 苦瓜
Baoji 苦瓜
Tianshui 苦瓜
Xining 苦瓜
Xuzhou 苦瓜
Fuyang 苦瓜
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 苦瓜
Lanzhou 苦瓜
Dunhuang 苦瓜
Hami 苦瓜
Ürümqi 苦瓜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 苦瓜
Nanchong 苦瓜
Dazhou 苦瓜
Hanyuan 苦瓜
Xichang 苦瓜
Zigong 苦瓜兒
Chongqing 苦瓜
Wuhan 苦瓜
Yichang 苦瓜
Xiangyang 苦瓜
Tianmen 苦瓜, 苦瓜子
Guiyang 苦瓜
Zunyi 苦瓜
Bijie 苦瓜
Liping 苦瓜
Zhaotong 苦瓜
Dali 苦瓜
Kunming 苦瓜
Mengzi 苦瓜
Guilin 苦瓜
Liuzhou 苦瓜
Jishou 苦瓜
Changde 苦瓜
Hanzhong 苦瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 癩葡萄, 苦瓜
Yangzhou 苦瓜, 癩葡萄
Lianyungang 苦瓜
Lianshui 苦瓜
Nantong 苦瓜
Anqing 苦瓜
Wuhu 苦瓜
Hefei 苦瓜
Hong'an 苦瓜
Cantonese Guangzhou 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 菩薘
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 苦瓜
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 菩薘
Taishan 苦瓜
Kaiping (Chikan) 涼瓜
Dongguan 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 菩薘
Yangjiang 苦瓜
Nanning 苦瓜
Wuzhou 苦瓜
Yulin 苦瓜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 苦瓜
Gan Nanchang 苦瓜
Pengze 苦瓜
Lichuan 苦瓜
Pingxiang 苦瓜
Hakka Meixian 苦瓜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 苦瓜
Yudu 苦瓜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 苦瓜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 苦瓜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 苦瓜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 苦瓜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 苦瓜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 苦瓜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 苦瓜
Hong Kong 苦瓜
Luchuan (Daqiao) 苦瓜
Huizhou Shexian 苦瓜
Jin Taiyuan 苦瓜
Yangyuan 苦瓜
Datong 苦瓜
Xinzhou 苦瓜
Lüliang (Lishi) 苦瓜
Changzhi 苦瓜
Linhe 苦瓜
Jining 苦瓜
Hohhot 苦瓜
Erenhot 苦瓜
Pingshan 苦瓜
Zhangjiakou 苦瓜
Handan 苦瓜
Linzhou 苦瓜
Suide 苦瓜
Northern Min Jian'ou 苦瓜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 苦瓜
Fuqing 苦瓜
Southern Min Xiamen 苦瓜
Zhao'an 苦瓜
Taipei 苦瓜
New Taipei (Tamsui) 苦瓜
New Taipei (Sanxia) 苦瓜
New Taipei (Pingxi) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 苦瓜
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 苦瓜
Yilan (Luodong) 苦瓜
Yilan (Toucheng) 苦瓜
Tainan 苦瓜
Tainan (Anping) 苦瓜
Kinmen 苦瓜
Penghu (Magong) 苦瓜
Penghu (Xiyu) 苦瓜
Penang (Hokkien) 苦瓜
Singapore (Hokkien) 苦瓜
Zhangping (Yongfu) 苦瓜
Datian 苦瓜
Pingnan (Shangdu) 苦瓜
Haifeng 苦瓜
Haikou 苦瓜
Puxian Min Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 苦瓜
Central Min Yong'an 苦瓜
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 菩督
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 苦瓜
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 苦瓜
Wu Shanghai 苦瓜
Shanghai (Songjiang) 金蓮子
Shanghai (Jiading) 錦荔子
Suzhou 苦瓜
Danyang 癩葡萄瓜
Hangzhou 苦瓜
Ningbo 苦瓜
Wenzhou 紅瓤
Jinhua 苦瓜
Xiang Changsha 苦瓜
Loudi 苦瓜
Hengyang 苦瓜
Quanzhou 苦瓜
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