南瓜子

Chinese

		pumpkin; winter squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (南瓜子)		南瓜	子
simp. ^#(南瓜子)		南瓜	子
alternative forms		南瓜籽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánguāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-ko₁-tsy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánguāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánguazǐh
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-kua¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: nán-gwā-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguatzyy
  - Palladius: наньгуацзы (nanʹguaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²
  - Yale: nàahm gwā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gua¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶noe-ko₁-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: noe^去 ko^平 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-ko₁-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² ko⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

南瓜子

pumpkin seed; seed of the cucurbita (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜子 (“pumpkin seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜子兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	南瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜子
Gan	Pengze	北瓜子
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜子, 飯瓜子

Descendants

→ Japanese: 南(ナン)瓜(グア)子(ズ) (nanguazu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	瓜	子
ナン Grade: 2	グア Jinmeiyō	ズ Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
ナングアズ

Etymology

From Mandarin 南瓜子 (nánguāzǐ)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ナングアズ [náꜜǹgùàzù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [nã̠ŋɡɯ̟a̠zɨ]

Noun

南(ナン)瓜(グア)子(ズ) • (nanguazu)

dried and flavoured pumpkin seeds, eaten as a snack

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN