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

(deprecated template usage) 勝瓜

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

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