翠玉瓜

Chinese

			melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (翠玉瓜)		翠玉	瓜
simp. #(翠玉瓜)		翠玉	瓜
alternative forms		翠肉瓜 脆肉瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuìyùguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³ juk⁶ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuìyùguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ ㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèiyùgua
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴-yü⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: tswèi-yù-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueyyuhgua
    • Palladius: цуйюйгуа (cujjujgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³ juk⁶ gwaa¹
    • Yale: cheui yuhk gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³ juk⁹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³ yug⁶ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³ jʊk̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

翠玉瓜

1. (chiefly Hong Kong) zucchini; courgette (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 西葫蘆 (“zucchini; courgette”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	櫛瓜, 夏南瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	翠玉瓜