越瓜

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (越瓜)		越	瓜
simp. #(越瓜)		越	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuègua
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: ywè-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehgua
    • Palladius: юэгуа (juegua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ gwaa¹
    • Yale: yuht gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

越瓜

1. snake melon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 菜瓜 (“snake melon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		菜瓜, 越瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	地黃瓜, 菜瓜
	Xining	菜瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	菜瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	菜瓜
	Liuzhou	菜瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	菜瓜
	Yangzhou	菜瓜
Hakka	Yudu	菜瓜, 梨瓜
Huizhou	Jixi	菜瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	菜瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	腌瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	菜瓜
Wu	Shanghai	菜瓜, 生瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	菜瓜
	Suzhou	菜瓜, 生瓜
	Danyang	菜瓜
	Hangzhou	菜瓜
	Ningbo	菜瓜
Xiang	Changsha	菜瓜
	Hengyang	菜瓜子