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
    • IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kwä⁵⁵/ → /nän³⁵ g̊wä³/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nan² gua¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: langua
    • IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ kua⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: нангуа (nangua, I-II)
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ kʷäː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² ka³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: nan¹ gua¹
    • IPA (old-style): /næ̃¹¹ kua¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nàng-guă
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃an¹³ kua̠³³/

Noun

南瓜

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

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

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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

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

See also

• カンボジア (Kanbojia)