Possibly related to 菩提 (“bodhi”); compare the now-dated name 菩提瓜 (“bitter gourd”).
菩薘
- (chiefly Cantonese, dated) bitter melon
子薑辣，買菩薘，菩薘苦，買豬肚 [Cantonese, trad.]
子姜辣，买菩荙，菩荙苦，买猪肚 [Cantonese, simp.]- From: 月光光 (a nursery rhyme)
- zi2 goeng1 laat6, maai5 pou4 daat6, pou4 daat6 fu2, maai5 zyu1 tou5 [Jyutping]
- The tender ginger is pungent, buy bitter melon, the bitter melon is bitter, buy hog maw
Dialectal synonyms of
苦瓜 (“bitter melon”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
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Words
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| 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
|
