勝瓜

Chinese

		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (勝瓜)		勝	瓜
simp. (胜瓜)		胜	瓜

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 絲瓜, since 絲 (si1) is nearly homophonous to 輸 (syu1, “to lose”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèngguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shènggua
    • Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: shèng-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqgua
    • Palladius: шэнгуа (šɛngua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Yale: sing gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

勝瓜

1. (chiefly Cantonese) loofah; Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 絲瓜 (“loofah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	絲瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	絲瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	絲瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	絲瓜
	Wanrong	絲瓜, 攪瓜
	Xi'an	絲瓜子
	Xuzhou	絲瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	絲瓜
	Ürümqi	絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	絲瓜
	Wuhan	絲瓜
	Guiyang	絲瓜
	Liuzhou	絲瓜, 八棱瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	絲瓜
	Yangzhou	絲瓜子, 絲瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Hong Kong	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Dongguan	絲瓜
Gan	Nanchang	絲瓜
	Pingxiang	絲瓜
Hakka	Meixian	絲瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	菜瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	菜瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薍薺
	Kuching (Hepo)	念瓜
Huizhou	Jixi	絲瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	絲瓜
	Xinzhou	絲瓜子
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜瓜
	Quanzhou	菜瓜
	Jinjiang	鼠瓜
	Hui'an	鼠瓜
	Zhangzhou	菜瓜
	Tainan	菜瓜 GT
	Jieyang	鼠瓜
	Haikou	絲瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	絲瓜
Wu	Shanghai	絲瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	絲瓜
	Suzhou	絲瓜
	Hangzhou	絲瓜兒
	Wenzhou	天羅瓜, 八棱瓜
Xiang	Changsha	絲瓜
	Loudi	絲瓜
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)