哈密瓜

Chinese

			melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (哈密瓜)		哈密	瓜
simp. ^#(哈密瓜)		哈密	瓜
alternative forms		哈蜜瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hāmìguā

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄚㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ mat⁶ gwaa¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ha-bi̍t-koe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ha¹ bhig⁸ guê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hāmìguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄚㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hamìgua
  - Wade–Giles: ha¹-mi⁴-kua¹
  - Yale: hā-mì-gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hamihgua
  - Palladius: хамигуа (xamigua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa¹ mat⁶ gwaa¹
  - Yale: hā maht gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ mat⁹ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ med⁶ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ mɐt̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-bi̍t-koe
  - Tâi-lô: ha-bi̍t-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ha'bidkoef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ bit̚⁴⁻³² kue⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ha¹ bhig⁸ guê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha bi̍k kue
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha³³⁻²³ bik̚⁴⁻² kue³³/

Noun

哈密瓜

Hami melon; Chinese Hami melon
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, offensive, neologism) Uyghur people

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哈	密	瓜
は Hyōgai	み Grade: 6	うり Jinmeiyō
tōon	irregular	kun'yomi

Noun

哈(は)密(み)瓜(うり) or 哈密瓜(ハミウリ) • (hamiuri)

Hami melon

Usage notes

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