冬瓜

Chinese

		winter	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (冬瓜)		冬	瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngguā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gwaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tûng-kôa
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tang-koe / tang-koa

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ guê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: dōngguā → dōnggua (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.gua
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ g̊u̯ä²/
  - Homophones:
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    冬瓜
    東瓜／东瓜
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: dung¹ gwaa¹
  - Yale: dūng gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ gua¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷäː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    冬瓜
    東瓜／东瓜
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-kôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: dung´ gua´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dung¹ gua¹
  - IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tang-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ kue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koa
  - Tâi-lô: tang-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ guê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kue
  - IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kue³³/

Noun

冬瓜

Benincasa hispida; winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

Derived terms

冬瓜藤 (dōngguāténg)

See also

毛瓜 (máoguā)
節瓜／节瓜 (jiéguā)

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