節瓜

See also: 节瓜

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (節瓜)		節	瓜
simp. (节瓜)		节	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zit³ gwaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): det² ga¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiégua
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-kua¹
    • Yale: jyé-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyegua
    • Palladius: цзегуа (czegua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ gwaa¹
    • Yale: jit gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ kʷaː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: det² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tet̚⁵⁵ ka³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-ko
    • MiniDict: cih^入 ko
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-ko
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ ko⁴⁴/

Noun

節瓜

1. hairy gourd; fuzzy melon (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 節瓜 (“hairy gourd”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		節瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	節瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	節瓜, 毛瓜
	Hong Kong	節瓜
	Taishan	節瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	節瓜
	Dongguan	節瓜, 毛瓜
	Yangjiang	節瓜
	Nanning	節瓜
	Wuzhou	節瓜
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	節瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	節瓜

Descendants

• → Zhuang: cietgva