紅瓜
Chinese
red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (紅瓜) | 紅 | 瓜 | |
| simp. (红瓜) | 红 | 瓜 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Nanri, Pouseng Ping'ing): ang2 gua1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): âng-koe / âng-koa
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-koe
- Tâi-lô: âng-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: angkoef
- IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-koa
- Tâi-lô: âng-kua
- Phofsit Daibuun: angkoaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
紅瓜
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) yellow croaker
- (Nanri and Xianyou Puxian Min) watermelon
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 黃魚 (“yellow croaker”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 西瓜 (“watermelon”) [map]
References
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “412 西瓜”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 331.