摩登瓜子
Chinese
| modern; fashionable; popular | melon seed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (摩登瓜子) | 摩登 | 瓜子 | |
| simp. #(摩登瓜子) | 摩登 | 瓜子 | |
| alternative forms | 摩登瓜籽 | ||
| Literally: “fashionable melon seed”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mo1 dang1 gwaa1 zi2
- Yale: mō dāng gwā jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: mo1 dang1 gwaa1 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: mo1 deng1 gua1 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔː⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: mo1-0 dan1-0 gwaa1 zai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɐn²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʷa²¹³ t͡sɐi³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
摩登瓜子
- (Cantonese) sunflower seed (Classifier: 粒 c)
- 2008, 深雪 [Zita Law], 戀愛動物愛情大減價 [Whole heart, Half price], Hong Kong: 青馬文化事業出版有限公司, →ISBN, page 59:
- 給牠吃摩登瓜子啦，替牠換走舊報紙啦，以及用花灑給牠洗白白。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- kap1 taa1 hek3 mo1 dang1 gwaa1 zi2 laa1, tai3 taa1 wun6 zau2 gau6 bou3 zi2 laa1, ji5 kap6 jung6 faa1 saa2 kap1 taa1 sai2 baak6 baak6. [Jyutping]
- Feeding it sunflower seeds, changing out the old newspapers for it, and giving him a bath with a shower head.
给它吃摩登瓜子啦，替它换走旧报纸啦，以及用花洒给它洗白白。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 葵花籽 (“sunflower seed”) [map]