甜瓜

Chinese

		sweet	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (甜瓜)		甜	瓜
simp. #(甜瓜)		甜	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiánguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянгуа (ti͡angua, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ gwaa¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): tie¹ gua¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiⁿ-koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiángua
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-kua¹
    • Yale: tyán-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyangua
    • Palladius: тяньгуа (tjanʹgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянгуа (ti͡angua, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ kua⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: tìhm gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: tie¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxie¹¹ kua¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tinn-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'koef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

甜瓜

1. muskmelon

Synonyms

• 蜜瓜 (mìguā)
• 香瓜 (xiāngguā)
• (Hokkien) 芳瓜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
まくわ Hyōgaiji	うり Jinmeiyō
irregular	kun’yomi

Variant form of 真桑瓜. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), derived from the Chinese name for melons.

Noun

甜(まくわ)瓜(うり) • (makuwauri) 

1. Oriental melon

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マクワウリ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
てん Hyōgaiji	か Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Chinese 甜瓜 (tiánguā).

Noun

甜(てん)瓜(か) • (tenka) 

1. melon
2. Oriental melon

References

• “まくわうり.” Kōjien. 6th ed. 2008. Print.