瓠瓜
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]gourd | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (瓠瓜) | 瓠 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(瓠瓜) | 瓠 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hùgua
- Wade–Giles: hu4-kua1
- Yale: hù-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huhgua
- Palladius: хугуа (xugua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu6 gwaa1
- Yale: wuh gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu6 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wu6 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²² kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: fu4 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɸu⁴⁵ ku̯a̠³³/
- (Changsha)
Noun
[edit]瓠瓜
- 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