南瓜

Chinese

		south	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (南瓜)		南	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): lâm-koe / lâm-koa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nánguā → nángua (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ → ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan.gua
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/ → /na̠n³⁵ g̊u̯a̠³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: nàahm gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gua¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ kʷɑː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-koe
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkoef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² kue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-koa
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-kua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamkoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² kua⁴⁴/

Noun

南瓜

1. pumpkin
2. cushaw; winter squash

Synonyms

• (pumpkin):

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
南	瓜
Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

From Portuguese Camboja (“Cambodia”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) カボチャ [kàbóchá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠bo̞t͡ɕa̠]

Noun

南瓜 (katakana カボチャ, rōmaji kabocha)

1. pumpkin; squash

Synonyms

• 唐 (とう)茄 (な)子 (す) (tōnasu)
• 南 (なん)京 (きん) (nankin)

See also

• カンボジア (Kanbojia)