瓠子

Chinese

		gourd	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (瓠子)		瓠	子
simp. #(瓠子)		瓠	子

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hùzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hu⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hù-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh.tzy
    • Palladius: хуцзы (xuczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁶ zi²
    • Yale: wuh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

瓠子

1. a certain variety of Lagenaria siceraria whose fruit is long and slender and cylindrical in shape, and whose flowers are white and bloom at night

Synonyms

• 瓠瓜 (hùguā)

See also

• 葫蘆／葫芦 (húlu)
• 匏瓜 (páoguā)

Pronunciation 2

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Noun

瓠子

1. (Zhao'an Hakka) bottle gourd; calabash

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瓠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葫蘆
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	葫蘆
	Singapore	葫蘆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	葫蘆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	葫蘆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	葫蘆
	Wanrong	葫蘆
	Xi'an	葫蘆
	Xining	葫蘆
	Xuzhou	葫蘆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	葫蘆
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	葫蘆
	Guiyang	葫蘆
	Liuzhou	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	葫蘆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葫蘆
	Hong Kong	葫蘆瓜, 葫蘆
	Dongguan	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Gan	Nanchang	葫蘆
	Lichuan	葫蘆, 膨葫
	Pingxiang	葫蘆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓠仔, 瓠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓠子
Huizhou	Jixi	葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	葫蘆
	Xinzhou	葫蘆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	葫蘆瓠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Min	Haikou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葫蘆
Wu	Shanghai	葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葫落
	Suzhou	葫蘆
	Danyang	葫蘆
	Hangzhou	葫蘆兒
	Ningbo	葫蘆
	Jinhua	葫蘆
Xiang	Changsha	葫蘆瓜