勝瓜

Chinese

victorious; able to do; competent enough to
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (勝瓜) 勝 瓜
simp. (胜瓜) 胜 瓜

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 絲瓜, since 絲 (si1) is nearly homophonous to 輸 (syu1, “to lose”).

Pronunciation

Noun

勝瓜

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稜角絲瓜 (“Chinese okra”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 稜角絲瓜
Taxonomic name 稜角絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 澎湖絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin Liuzhou 絲瓜, 八稜瓜
Nanning (Wuming) 絲瓜
Cantonese Guangzhou 絲瓜, 勝瓜
Hong Kong 絲瓜, 勝瓜
Taishan 絲瓜
Dongguan 絲瓜
Nanning 絲瓜
Nanning (Tanka) 絲瓜
Wuzhou 絲瓜
Yulin 絲瓜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 絲瓜
Hakka Meixian 絲瓜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 角瓜
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 角瓜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 澎湖菜瓜
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 澎湖菜瓜
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 角瓜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 澎湖個菜瓜
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 澎湖菜瓜
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 澎湖菜瓜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 澎湖菜瓜
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 澎湖菜瓜
Southern Min Zhangzhou 十捻瓜
Taipei 澎湖菜瓜
New Taipei (Tamsui) 澎湖菜瓜
New Taipei (Sanxia) 澎湖菜瓜
New Taipei (Pingxi) 澎湖菜瓜
Kaohsiung 澎湖菜瓜
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 澎湖菜瓜
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 菜瓜, 十捻
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 澎湖菜瓜, 十捻
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 澎湖菜瓜
Yilan 澎湖菜瓜
Yilan (Luodong) 澎湖菜瓜
Yilan (Toucheng) 澎湖菜瓜
Changhua (Lukang) 澎湖菜瓜
Changhua (Yongjing) 澎湖菜瓜
Taichung 澎湖菜瓜
Tainan 澎湖菜瓜
Tainan (Anping) 澎湖菜瓜
Hsinchu 澎湖菜瓜
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 澎湖菜瓜
Kinmen 角瓜
Penghu (Magong) 割溝菜瓜
Penghu (Xiyu) 割溝菜瓜
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 絲瓜
Wu Wenzhou 八稜瓜
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