冬瓜

Chinese

winter
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (冬瓜)
simp. #(冬瓜)

Pronunciation


Noun

冬瓜

  1. winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd (Benincasa hispida) (Classifier: m c)
  2. (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien) pumpkin

Synonyms

  • (winter melon):
  • (pumpkin):

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
とう
Grade: 2
がん
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi irregular

Noun

(とう)(がん) or 冬瓜(トウガン) • (tōgan

  1. winter melon, Benincasa pruriens f. hispida

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).