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冬瓜

冬瓜

Chinese

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

Noun

冬瓜 (classifier 隻／只 (zhī))

Benincasa hispida; winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd

Synonyms

冬瓜藤 (dōngguāténg)

See also

毛瓜 (máoguā)
節瓜／节瓜 (jiéguā)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dōngguā

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dōngguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donggua
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ gwaa¹
  - Yale: dūng gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gwaa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵/
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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tang-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taŋ³³ kue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/