茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無腹腸

Chinese

		Lithospermum officinale; water chestnut	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	not have	pulp of fruit		youngest son; baby son	not have	abdomen; stomach; belly	intestines
trad. (茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無腹腸)		茈	瓜	無	瓤	，	茈囝	無	腹	腸
simp. (茈瓜无瓤，茈囝无腹肠)		茈	瓜	无	瓤	，	茈囝	无	腹	肠
alternative forms		謭瓜無瓤，謭囝無腹腸／谫瓜无瓤，谫囝无腹肠子瓜無瓤，子囝無腹腸／子瓜无瓤，子囝无腹肠

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chíⁿ-koe bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-kiáⁿ bô pak-tn̂g / chíⁿ-koe bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-káⁿ bô pak-tn̂g / chíⁿ-koa bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-kián bô pak-tn̂g

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-koe bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-kiáⁿ bô pak-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn-kue bô nn̂g, tsínn-kiánn bô pak-tn̂g
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴ t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴ bɤ²³⁻³³ nŋ̍²³ t͡sĩ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ²³⁻³³ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ nŋ̍²⁴ t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ pak̚³²⁻⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-koe bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-káⁿ bô pak-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn-kue bô nn̂g, tsínn-kánn bô pak-tn̂g
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³ bo²⁴⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴ t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ tŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chíⁿ-koa bô nn̂g, chíⁿ-kián bô pak-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: tsínn-kua bô nn̂g, tsínn-kián bô pak-tn̂g
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² nŋ̍¹³ t͡sĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo¹³⁻²² pak̚³²⁻⁵ tŋ̍¹³/

Idiom

茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無腹腸

(Hokkien) young children are naive and lovable, with a pure and genuine heart and with no scheming

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 茈瓜無瓤，茈囝無肚腸／茈瓜无瓤，茈囝无肚肠