奶瓜

Chinese

		breast; lady; milk	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (奶瓜)		奶	瓜
simp. #(奶瓜)		奶	瓜

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ni-koe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ni⁶ guê¹

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni-koe
    • Tâi-lô: ni-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni'koef
    • IPA (Singapore): /ni⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ni⁶ guê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nĭ kue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/

Noun

奶瓜

1. (Raoping Hakka, Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) papaya

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 木瓜 (“papaya”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		番木瓜, 木瓜
Taxonomic name		番木瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	木瓜
	Singapore	木瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	木瓜
	Liuzhou	木瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	木瓜, 萬壽果
	Hong Kong	木瓜, 萬壽果
	Taishan	木瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	木瓜
	Dongguan	萬壽果, 木瓜
	Singapore (Guangfu)	木瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	木瓜
Gan	Lichuan	木瓜
	Pingxiang	木瓜
Hakka	Meixian	木瓜
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	奶瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	木瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	木瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	木瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	木瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	木瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	木瓜
	Hong Kong	奶瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	萬壽匏, 奶匏, 番匏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	萬壽匏
	Quanzhou	萬壽匏, 番匏
	Taipei (Wanhua)	木瓜
	Kaohsiung	木瓜
	Yilan	木瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	木瓜
	Taichung	木瓜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	木瓜
	Tainan	木瓜
	Taitung	木瓜
	Hsinchu	木瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	木瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	木瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	奶瓜, 木瓜
	Manila (Hokkien)	木瓜
	Shantou	奶瓜
	Haifeng	木瓜
	Leizhou	柴冬瓜
	Wenchang	番瓜
	Tunchang	番瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	木瓜
Wu	Danyang	木瓜