苦瓜

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (苦瓜)		苦	瓜
simp. ^#(苦瓜)		苦	瓜

苦瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kǔguā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ

(Chengdu, SP): ku³ gua¹
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu² gwaa¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fu² ga^1-4
Gan (Wiktionary): 'ku³ gua¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fú-kôa

(Meixian, Guangdong): fu³ gua¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ku² gua¹
Min Bei (KCR): kǔ-guá
Min Dong (BUC): kū-guă
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-koe / khó͘-koa

(Teochew, Peng'im): kou² guê¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ²khu-ko
Xiang (Wiktionary): ku³ gua¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgua
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-kua¹
  - Yale: kǔ-gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugua
  - Palladius: кугуа (kugua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kwä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ku³ gua¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kugua
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵³ kua⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² gwaa¹
  - Yale: fú gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fu² ga^1-4
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ ka³³⁻²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'ku³ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈkʰu²¹³⁻¹³ kua⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-kôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: fu` gua´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fu³ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ ku̯a²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fu³ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ kua⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ku² gua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxu⁵³ kua¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kǔ-guá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹ kua⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kū-guă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ua⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-koe
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofkoef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /kʰɔ⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-koa
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofkoaf
  - IPA (Penang): /kʰɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kua³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kou² guê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóu kue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰou⁵²⁻³⁵ kue³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ²khu-ko
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰv̩ʷ³³ ko⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ku³ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁴¹ kua̠³³/

Noun

苦瓜

bitter melon; bitter gourd

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		苦瓜
Taxonomic name		苦瓜
Mandarin	Beijing	苦瓜
	Taiwan	苦瓜
	Langfang	苦瓜
	Tangshan	癩不頭
	Cangzhou	苦瓜
	Baoding	苦瓜
	Shijiazhuang	苦瓜
	Daming	苦瓜
	Harbin	苦瓜, 癩瓜
	Shenyang	癩瓜
	Jinan	苦瓜
	Luoyang	苦瓜
	Xi'an	苦瓜
	Yinchuan	苦瓜
	Lanzhou	苦瓜
	Xining	苦瓜
	Ürümqi	苦瓜
	Wuhan	苦瓜
	Chengdu	苦瓜
	Guiyang	苦瓜
	Guilin	苦瓜
	Liuzhou	苦瓜
	Xuzhou	苦瓜
	Nanjing	癩葡萄, 苦瓜
	Malaysia	苦瓜
	Singapore	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, 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
Jin	Taiyuan	苦瓜
	Zhangjiakou	苦瓜
	Handan	苦瓜
Min Bei	Jian'ou	苦瓜
Min Dong	Fuzhou	苦瓜
Min Dong	Fuqing	苦瓜
Min Nan	Xiamen	苦瓜
	Zhao'an	苦瓜
	Tainan	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
Min Zhong	Yong'an	苦瓜
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	菩督
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	苦瓜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	苦瓜
Wu	Shanghai	苦瓜
	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
	Quanzhou	苦瓜

Derived terms

印度苦瓜
苦瓜面
啞子食苦瓜／哑子食苦瓜

苦瓜乾／苦瓜干
苦瓜臉／苦瓜脸 (kǔguāliǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (苦瓜):

→ Korean: 고과(苦瓜) (gogwa)
→ Vietnamese: khổ qua (苦瓜)

Others:

→ English: bitter melon, bittermelon (calque), bitter gourd (calque), foo qua
→ Paiwan: kawkuy
→ Vietnamese: mướp đắng (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	瓜
にが Grade: 3	うり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

苦 (niga, “bitter”) +‎ 瓜 (uri, “gourd”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáꜜùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
(Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáúrí] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáúꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

苦(にが)瓜(うり) • (nigauri)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごい, rōmaji nigagoi) (Kagoshima dialect)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごり, rōmaji nigagori) (Miyazaki dialect)

bitter melon; bitter gourd

Synonyms

蔓(ツル)茘(レイ)枝(シ) (tsurureishi)

Okinawan

Noun

苦瓜 (hiragana ごーやー, rōmaji gōyā)

bitter melon; bitter gourd

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
苦	瓜

Noun

苦瓜

chữ Hán form of khổ qua (“bitter melon; bitter gourd”).

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苦瓜

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Okinawan

Noun

Vietnamese

Noun