冬瓜 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| winter | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. (冬瓜) | 冬 | 瓜 |
| simp. #(冬瓜) | 冬 | 瓜 |
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dung1 gwaa1
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'dung1 gua1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): dung1 gua1
- Northern Min (KCR): dóng-guá
- Eastern Min (BUC): dĕ̤ng-guă
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ton-ko
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dong1 gua1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: dōngguā → dōnggua (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: dongguå
- Wade–Giles: tung1-kua5
- Yale: dūng-gwa
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.gua
- Palladius: дунгуа (dungua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ g̊u̯ä²/
- Homophones:
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東瓜 / 东瓜
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: dong1 gua1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dunggua
- Sinological IPA (key): /toŋ⁵⁵ kua⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: dung1 gwaa1
- Yale: dūng gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: dung1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
冬瓜
東瓜 / 东瓜
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈtuŋ⁴² kua⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tûng-kôa
- Hakka Romanization System: dungˊ guaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA: /tuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: dungˋ guaˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tuŋ⁵³ kua⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuŋ¹¹ kua¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dóng-guá
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɔŋ⁵⁴ kua⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dĕ̤ng-guă
- Sinological IPA (key): /tøyŋ⁵⁵ (k-)ŋua⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hui'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tang-koa
- Tâi-lô: tang-kua
- Phofsit Daibuun: dangkoaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Penang): /taŋ³³⁻²¹ kua³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dang1 guê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang kue
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kue³³/
- Wu
- Xiang
冬瓜
- winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd (Benincasa hispida) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- (Hakka, Quanzhou Hokkien) pumpkin
- (winter melon):
Dialectal synonyms of 冬瓜 (“winter melon”) [map]
- (pumpkin):
Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]
- → English: tung qua
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 冬 | 瓜 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
がん Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | irregular |
トウガン on Japanese Wikipedia
冬(とう)瓜(がん) or 冬瓜(トウガン) • (tōgan)
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).