南瓜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nánguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

  (Chengdu, SP): nan² gua¹

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): нангуа (nangua, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ ga¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): nan¹ gua¹
• Min Dong (BUC): nàng-guă
• Min Nan (POJ): lâm-koe / lâm-koa
• Xiang (Wiktionary): lan² gua¹

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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
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguå
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kwä⁵⁵/ → /nän³⁵ g̊wä³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nan² gua¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: langua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ kua⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: нангуа (nangua, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /næ̃²⁴ kua⁵¹/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: nàahm gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ kʷäː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² ka³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: nan¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /næ̃¹¹ kua¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nàng-guă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋua⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • 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/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lan² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃an¹³ kua̠³³/

Noun

南瓜

1. pumpkin; winter squash (plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜
Taxonomic name		南瓜
Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜, 老倭瓜, 北瓜, 南瓜
	Taiwan	南瓜
	Harbin	倭瓜
	Shenyang	倭瓜
	Hailar	倭瓜
	Ulanhot	倭瓜
	Tongliao	倭瓜
	Chifeng	倭瓜
	Bayanhot	倭瓜, 葫蘆
	Jinan	南瓜, 倭瓜, 北瓜
	Muping	芋瓜
	Luoyang	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Wanrong	北瓜, 倭瓜, 六水瓜
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	南瓜
	Xi'an	倭瓜, 南瓜, 番瓜
	Zhengzhou	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Xining	南瓜
	Xuzhou	南瓜
	Yinchuan	倭瓜, 麵瓜
	Lanzhou	南瓜
	Ürümqi	倭瓜, 南瓜
	Wuhan	南瓜
	Chengdu	南瓜
	Guiyang	南瓜
	Guilin	南瓜
	Liuzhou	南瓜
	Kunming	南瓜
	Yangzhou	番瓜
	Nanjing	北瓜, 老北瓜, 南瓜
	Hefei	南瓜
	Nantong	番瓜
	Singapore	南瓜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	南瓜, 倭瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 紅瓜, 甜瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	金瓜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	金瓜
	Macau	番瓜
	Panyu	番瓜, 南瓜
	Huadu (Huashan)	番瓜
	Conghua	南瓜
	Zengcheng	棚瓜
	Foshan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Nanhai (Shatou)	針瓜
	Shunde	番瓜
	Sanshui	砧瓜
	Gaoming (Mingcheng)	砧瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	金瓜
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	番瓜
	Doumen	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盒瓜
	Xinhui	盒瓜
	Taishan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	番瓜
	Heshan (Yayao)	金瓜
	Dongguan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Bao'an (Shajing)	甜瓜
	Dapeng	金瓜
	Shaoguan	番瓜
	Yunfu	金瓜, 節瓜 small
	Yangjiang	金瓜
	Xinyi	番瓜
	Lianjiang	金瓜, 南瓜
	Nanning	南瓜
	Wuzhou	金瓜
	Yulin	金瓜, 四月菜
	Hepu	金瓜
	Danzhou	金瓜
	Kuala Lumpur	金瓜, 番瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City	南瓜
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜
	Lichuan	南瓜
	Pingxiang	金瓜
Hakka	Meixian	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Xingning	冬瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	金瓜
	Huidong (Daling)	金瓜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	金瓜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	金瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	金瓜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番瓜, 弓瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓瓜
	Qujiang	番瓠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番瓜
	Conghua (Lütian)	番瓜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	南瓜
	Changting	番瓠
	Pingyu	番瓠
	Wuping	番瓠
	Liancheng	金瓜
	Ninghua	番瓠
	Yudu	番瓠, 金瓜
	Ruijin	斑瓠
	Shicheng	番瓠
	Shangyou	番瓠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番瓜, 黃瓜, 黃瓠
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	番瓜, 金瓜
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	黃瓠, 番瓜
	Dongshi (Dabu)	黃瓜
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	黃瓠, 金瓜
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	金瓜
	Hong Kong	金瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	金瓜
	Senai	金瓜
	Singkawang	黃瓠
Huizhou	Jixi	南瓜, 北瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Pingyao	南瓜
	Xinzhou	南瓜
	Baochang	倭瓜
	Jining	倭瓜
	Hohhot	番瓜
	Baotou	倭瓜
	Dongsheng	倭瓜
	Linhe	倭瓜
	Haibowan	麵瓜
Min Bei	Jian'ou	金瓜
	Songxi	金瓠
	Zhenghe	金瓜
	Jianyang	南瓜
	Wuyishan	南瓜
	Shibei	金瓜
Min Dong	Fuzhou	金瓜, 南瓜
	Changle	金瓜
	Fuqing	金瓜
	Yongtai	金匏
	Gutian	金匏
	Fu'an	金匏
	Ningde	金匏
	Shouning	金瓜
	Zhouning	金匏
	Fuding	金瓜
	Matsu	金瓜
Min Nan	Xiamen	金瓜
	Quanzhou	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Jinjiang	匏, 冬瓜
	Yongchun	匏
	Zhangzhou	金瓜
	Dongshan	金瓜
	Taipei	金瓜
	Kaohsiung	金瓜
	Tainan	金瓜
	Taichung	金瓜
	Wuqi	金瓜
	Hsinchu	金瓜
	Taitung	金瓜
	Lukang	金瓜
	Yilan	金瓜
	Magong	金瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	烏瓠
	Datian	番瓠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	南瓜
	Chaozhou	番瓜
	Shantou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Haifeng	金瓜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	金瓜
	Wenchang	南瓜, 盒瓜
	Haikou	南瓜
	Leizhou	金瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	通瓜, 金瓜, 南瓜
	Xianyou	匏
Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	金瓜, 南瓜
	Guilin (Dahe)	金瓜
Shehua	Fu'an	金瓠
	Fuding	金瓜
	Sanming	番瓠
	Shunchang	番瓠
	Hua'an	金瓜
	Guixi	金瓠
	Cangnan	金瓜
	Jingning	金瓜
	Lishui	金瓜
	Longyou	金瓜
	Chaozhou	金瓜
	Fengshun	黃瓜
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜, 飯瓜
	Suzhou	南瓜
	Wuxi	南瓜
	Hangzhou	南瓜
	Wenzhou	金瓜
	Chongming	番瓜
	Danyang	番瓜
	Jinhua	金瓜
	Tangxi	花蒲
	Ningbo	飯瓜, 南瓜
Xiang	Changsha	南瓜, 北瓜 suburbs
	Shuangfeng	番瓜, 南瓜
	Loudi	南瓜
	Quanzhou	南瓜

Derived terms

• 中國南瓜／中国南瓜
• 傑克南瓜燈／杰克南瓜灯 (jiékè-nánguādēng)
• 南瓜子 (nánguāzǐ)
• 南瓜批

• 南瓜派 (nánguāpài)
• 南瓜燈／南瓜灯 (nánguādēng)
• 印度南瓜
• 美洲南瓜

Descendants

• → Zhuang: namzgva

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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(カボチャ) • (kabocha) 

1. pumpkin; squash

Synonyms

• 唐茄子(とうなす) (tōnasu)
• 南(なん)京(きん) (nankin)

See also

• カンボジア (Kanbojia)