瓜子

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaa¹ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ du²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-chṳ́
Jin (Wiktionary): gua¹ zi²
Eastern Min (BUC): guă-cī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koe-chí / ke-chí / koa-chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê¹ zi²
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gua¹ zr³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guazǐh
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: gwā-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzyy
  - Palladius: гуацзы (guaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāzǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guazǐhr
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭ³-ʼrh
  - Yale: gwā-dzǐr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzeel
  - Palladius: гуацзыр (guaczyr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ga¹ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³ tu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: gua^ˊ zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gua¹ zi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kua¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guă-cī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-chí
  - Tâi-lô: kue-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koecie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-chí
  - Tâi-lô: ke-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kecie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-chí
  - Tâi-lô: kua-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koacie
  - IPA (Penang): /kua³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê¹ zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kue tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gua¹ zr³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

Noun

瓜子

melon seed (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
any edible seed consumed as a snack, e.g. watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
嗑瓜子 ― kè guāzǐ ― to eat melon seeds
(specifically) sunflower seed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓜子 (“melon seed; seed eaten as a snack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓜子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瓜子兒
	Taiwan	瓜子
	Harbin	瓜子兒
	Singapore	瓜子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瓜子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瓜子兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瓜子兒
	Wanrong	瓜子
	Xi'an	瓜子兒
	Xining	瓜子兒
	Xuzhou	瓜子兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瓜子子
	Lanzhou	瓜子
	Ürümqi	瓜子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瓜子
	Wuhan	瓜子
	Guiyang	瓜子
	Liuzhou	瓜子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瓜子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瓜子子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瓜子
	Hong Kong	瓜子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	瓜子
	Macau	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瓜子
	Foshan	瓜子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瓜子
	Foshan (Shunde)	瓜子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瓜子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瓜子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瓜子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瓜子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瓜子
	Taishan	瓜子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瓜子
	Enping (Niujiang)	瓜子
	Heshan (Yayao)	瓜子
	Dongguan	瓜子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	瓜子
	Lichuan	瓜子
	Pingxiang	瓜子
Hakka	Meixian	瓜仁
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瓜子
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	瓜子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	瓜子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	瓜子
	Yudu	瓜子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓜子
Huizhou	Jixi	瓜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瓜仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	瓜子
Southern Min	Xiamen	瓜子
	Quanzhou	瓜子
	Zhangzhou	瓜子
	Shantou	瓜子
	Leizhou	瓜子
	Haikou	瓜子
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瓜子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瓜子
Wu	Suzhou	瓜子
	Danyang	瓜子
	Hangzhou	瓜子
	Ningbo	瓜子
	Jinhua	瓜子
Xiang	Changsha	瓜子
Xiang	Loudi	瓜子

(sunflower seed):

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向日葵子 (xiàngrìkuízǐ)
天葵子 (tiānkuízǐ)
摩登瓜子 (mo¹ dang¹ gwaa¹ zi²) (Cantonese)
望日葵子 (wàngrìkuízǐ)
葵瓜子 (kuíguāzǐ)
葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 葵花籽 (“sunflower seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葵花籽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瓜子兒, 轉蒂蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒
	Taiwan	葵花籽
	Chengde	葵花籽兒
	Chifeng	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Heihe	葵花籽兒, 毛子嗑
	Qiqihar	瓜子兒, 毛嗑
	Harbin	葵花籽兒, 葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒, 斜麼子兒
	Jiamusi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑, 毛嗑
	Baicheng	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Changchun	瓜子兒, 毛嗑
	Tonghua	瓜子兒
	Shenyang	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Jinzhou	葵花籽兒, 毛嗑兒
	Singapore	瓜子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	瓜子兒
	Tangshan	葵花籽兒
	Cangzhou	葵花籽兒
	Baoding	葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒
	Shijiazhuang	葵花籽兒
	Lijin	葵花籽兒
	Jinan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	毛嗑兒
	Dandong	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛嗑兒
	Yantai	瓜子兒
	Yantai (Muping)	轉日蓮種兒, 轉家蓮種兒
	Qingdao	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Qingdao (Chengyang)	轉日客種兒
	Qingdao (Jimo)	瓜種, 瓜子兒
	Laixi	轉蓮種
	Pingdu	轉葵種兒, 朝陽花兒種兒
	Jiaozhou	瓜種
	Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao)	瓜種
	Zhucheng	朝陽花瓜種兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	葵花兒籽兒
	Lingbao	葵花籽
	Jining	葵花籽兒, 照照葵子兒
	Wanrong	葵花籽兒
	Linfen	葵花籽兒, 瓜子子兒, 盤子子兒
	Shangqiu	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Yuanyang	葵花籽兒
	Zhengzhou	葵花籽兒
	Xinyang	葵花籽兒
	Baihe	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Xi'an	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Baoji	葵花籽, 瓜子兒
	Tianshui	向日葵子兒
	Xining	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Xuzhou	轉蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒, 葵花, 瓜子兒
	Fuyang	葵花籽兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	向陽黃籽籽, 葵花籽, 葵花籽兒
	Lanzhou	葵花籽兒, 葵花籽
	Dunhuang	葵花籽兒
	Hami	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Ürümqi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	葵花籽, 向兒葵
	Nanchong	葵瓜子
	Dazhou	瓜子
	Hanyuan	瓜子
	Xichang	葵花籽
	Zigong	瓜子
	Chongqing	葵瓜子
	Wuhan	葵瓜子, 葵花籽
	Yichang	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Xiangyang	葵花籽, 瓜子兒
	Tianmen	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Guiyang	葵花籽, 葵花
	Zunyi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Bijie	葵花籽
	Liping	葵花籽
	Zhaotong	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Shuifu	朝陽子
	Dali	葵花籽
	Kunming	葵花籽
	Mengzi	瓜子兒
	Guilin	葵瓜子, 朝陽瓜子
	Liuzhou	葵瓜子, 葵花籽, 瓜子
	Jishou	葵花籽
	Changde	葵瓜子
	Hanzhong	葵花籽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	葵花籽
	Yangzhou	葵花籽子
	Lianyungang	葵花籽, 望葵
	Lianshui	望葵
	Nantong	葵花籽兒
	Anqing	葵花籽
	Wuhu	葵花籽
	Hefei	葵花籽
	Hong'an	葵花籽, 瓜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葵瓜子, 摩登瓜子
	Hong Kong	葵花籽, 摩登瓜子
	Dongguan	葵瓜子, 摩登瓜子
	Nanning	葵瓜子
	Wuzhou	葵瓜子
	Yulin	葵花籽
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	葵瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	葵花籽
	Lichuan	葵花籽
	Pingxiang	葵花籽
Hakka	Meixian	葵花籽
	Yudu	照日亮瓜子
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	葵瓜子
Huizhou	Jixi	葵花籽
Huizhou	Shexian	葵花籽
Jin	Taiyuan	瓜子, 葵花瓜子, 葵花籽籽, 葵花籽
	Yangyuan	葵花籽兒
	Datong	葵花籽兒
	Xinzhou	葵花花, 麻煩子兒, 葵花籽兒
	Lüliang (Lishi)	葵花籽兒
	Changzhi	望月花子子
	Linhe	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Jining	葵花籽
	Hohhot	瓜子兒
	Erenhot	瓜子兒
	Pingshan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Zhangjiakou	朝陽花子兒
	Handan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Linzhou	轉子蓮子兒
	Suide	葵花籽兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	日頭陽子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	向日葵子, 葵花籽
Eastern Min	Fuqing	瓜子, 葵瓜子
Southern Min	Xiamen	葵花籽
	Leizhou	葵籽
	Haikou	葵瓜子
Puxian Min	Putian	向日葵子
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	日葵子
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	向日葵子
	Xianyou	葵花籽
	Xianyou (Fengting)	葵花籽
	Xianyou (Youyang)	葵花籽
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葵瓜子
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	葵花籽
Wu	Shanghai	香瓜子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	朝日頭瓜子
	Suzhou	香瓜子
	Danyang	葵花籽
	Hangzhou	香瓜子
	Ningbo	香瓜子
	Wenzhou	太陽佛花子
	Jinhua	香瓜子
Xiang	Changsha	葵花籽
Xiang	Loudi	向陽花籽

Derived terms

嗑瓜子
摩登瓜子
瓜子不大是人心
瓜子仁
瓜子口面
瓜子殼 / 瓜子壳
瓜子臉 / 瓜子脸 (guāzǐliǎn)
瓜子菜
瓜子金
瓜子面
白瓜子 (báiguāzǐ)
葵瓜子 (kuíguāzǐ)
藍瓜子 / 蓝瓜子

Descendants

→ Burmese: ကွာစေ့ (kwace.)
→ Indonesian: kuaci
→ Macanese: quachí
→ Thai: กวยจี๊ (guai-jíi) (snack)

Etymology 2

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (瓜子)		瓜	子
simp. ^#(瓜子)		瓜	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guazi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: gwā-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua.tzy
  - Palladius: гуацзы (guaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

瓜子

(obsolete, colloquial) strike with two fingers on someone's arm as a punishment
(obsolete or Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) stupid person; idiot
(in compounds) A diminutive suffix for a round object, especially the head or the brain.

Derived terms

打瓜子
腦瓜子 / 脑瓜子 (nǎoguāzi)
腦袋瓜子 / 脑袋瓜子
鄉瓜子 / 乡瓜子