冬瓜
Chinese
| winter | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (冬瓜) | 冬 | 瓜 | |
| simp. #(冬瓜) | 冬 | 瓜 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dong1 gua1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dung1 gwaa1
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'dung1 gua1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): dung1 gua1
- Northern Min (KCR): dóng-guá
- Eastern Min (BUC): dĕ̤ng-guă
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dang1 gua1 / dang1 guo1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ton-ko
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong1 gua1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: dōngguā → dōnggua (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: dongguå
- Wade–Giles: tung1-kua5
- Yale: dūng-gwa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.gua
- Palladius: дунгуа (dungua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ g̊u̯ä²/
- Homophones:
冬瓜
東瓜 / 东瓜
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: dong1 gua1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dunggua
- Sinological IPA (key): /toŋ⁵⁵ kua⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: dung1 gwaa1
- Yale: dūng gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
冬瓜
東瓜 / 东瓜
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-kôa
- Hakka Romanization System: dungˊ guaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: dungˋ guaˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tuŋ⁵³ kua⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA: /tʊŋ⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dóng-guá
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɔŋ⁵⁴ kua⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dang1 gua1 [Phonetic: dang5 ngua1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dang-gua
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dang1 gua1 [Phonetic: dang5 ngua1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (k-)ŋua⁵⁴⁴/
- (Jiangkou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: dang1 guo1 [Phonetic: dang5 nguo1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (k-)ŋuo⁵³³/
- (Putian, Nanri)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koe
- Tâi-lô: tang-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoef
- Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Hui'an): /taŋ³³ kue³³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koa
- Tâi-lô: tang-kua
- Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoaf
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Penang): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ kua³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dang1 guê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kue
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kue³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Wu
- Xiang
Noun
冬瓜
- winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd (Benincasa hispida) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien) pumpkin
Synonyms
- (winter melon):
Dialectal synonyms of 冬瓜 (“winter melon”) [map]
- (pumpkin):
Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: tung qua
See also
References
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 冬 | 瓜 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
がん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | irregular |
Noun
冬瓜 or 冬瓜 • (tōgan)
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
References
- “〈冬▲瓜〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026