哈密瓜

Chinese

			melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (哈密瓜)		哈密	瓜
simp. #(哈密瓜)		哈密	瓜
alternative forms		哈蜜瓜 proscribed

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāmìguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ mat⁶ gwaa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ha-bi̍t-koe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ha¹ bhig⁸ guê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāmìguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hamìgua
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-mi⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: hā-mì-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hamihgua
    • Palladius: хамигуа (xamigua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ mi⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ mat⁶ gwaa¹
    • Yale: hā maht gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ mat⁹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ med⁶ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ mɐt̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha-bi̍t-koe
    • Tâi-lô: ha-bi̍t-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ha'bidkoef
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ha⁴⁴⁻³³ bit̚⁴⁻³² kue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ha¹ bhig⁸ guê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha bi̍k kue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ha³³⁻²³ bik̚⁴⁻² kue³³/

Noun

哈密瓜

1. Hami melon; Chinese Hami melon
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, offensive, ethnic slur, possibly obsolete) Uyghur people

Usage notes

The proscribed form 哈蜜瓜 (hāmìguā) is the result of rebracketing of the word as 哈+蜜瓜.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哈	密	瓜
は Hyōgai	み Grade: 6	うり Jinmeiyō
tōon	irregular	kun'yomi

Noun

哈(は)密(み)瓜(うり) or 哈密瓜(ハミウリ) • (hamiuri) 

1. Hami melon

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).