毛瓜
Chinese
| hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (毛瓜) | 毛 | 瓜 | |
| simp. #(毛瓜) | 毛 | 瓜 | |
Etymology
Named for its fuzziness.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: máoguā
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: máogua
- Wade–Giles: mao2-kua1
- Yale: máu-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maugua
- Palladius: маогуа (maogua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 gwaa1
- Yale: mòuh gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
毛瓜
- hairy gourd; fuzzy melon (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua)
- 1955 March 25, “新出毛瓜上市 青瓜陸續運來”, in 大公報, page 5:
- 新出毛瓜已有運到，但數量並不多，昨天只有二、三百斤上市。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- san1 ceot1 mou4 gwaa1 ji5 jau5 wan6 dou3, daan6 sou3 loeng6 bing6 bat1 do1, zok6 tin1 zi2 jau5 ji6, saam1 baak3 gan1 soeng5 si5. [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
新出毛瓜已有运到，但数量并不多，昨天只有二、三百斤上市。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 節瓜 (“hairy gourd”) [map]