木瓜
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Chinese[edit]
tree; wood | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (木瓜) | 木 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(木瓜) | 木 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
木瓜
- Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) or plants in the genus Chaenomeles
- 投我以木瓜、
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Tóu wǒ yǐ mùguā,
Bào zhī yǐ qióngjū. [Pinyin] - There was presented to me a quince,
And I returned for it a beautiful red-jade pendant.
報之以瓊琚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
投我以木瓜、
报之以琼琚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- papaya (Carica papaya)
- (figurative) one who is slow in understanding or reacting
Synonyms[edit]
- (Chinese quince): 榠楂 (míngzhā)
- (papaya):
Dialectal synonyms of 木瓜 (“papaya”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 番木瓜, 木瓜 | |
Taxonomic name | 番木瓜 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 木瓜 |
Guilin | 木瓜 | |
Liuzhou | 木瓜 | |
Singapore | 木瓜 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 木瓜, 萬壽果 |
Hong Kong | 木瓜, 萬壽果 | |
Taishan | 木瓜 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 木瓜 | |
Dongguan | 萬壽果, 木瓜 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 木瓜 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 木瓜 | |
Gan | Lichuan | 木瓜 |
Pingxiang | 木瓜 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 木瓜 |
Raoping (Xinfeng) | 奶瓜 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 木瓜 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 木瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 木瓜 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 木瓜 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 木瓜 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 木瓜 | |
Hong Kong | 奶瓜 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 萬壽匏, 奶匏, 番匏 |
Quanzhou | 萬壽匏, 番匏 | |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 木瓜 | |
Kaohsiung | 木瓜 | |
Yilan | 木瓜 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 木瓜 | |
Taichung | 木瓜 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 木瓜 | |
Tainan | 木瓜 | |
Taitung | 木瓜 | |
Hsinchu | 木瓜 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 木瓜 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 木瓜 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 奶瓜, 木瓜 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 木瓜 | |
Shantou | 奶瓜 | |
Haifeng | 木瓜 | |
Leizhou | 柴冬瓜 | |
Wenchang | 番瓜 | |
Tunchang | 番瓜 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 木瓜 |
Wu | Danyang | 木瓜 |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Sino-Xenic (木瓜):
Others:
- → Zhuang: moeggva
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
ぼく > ぼっ Grade: 1 |
か Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
木瓜 or 木瓜 • (boke) (alternative reading hiragana もけ, rōmaji moke) (alternative reading hiragana ぼっか, rōmaji bokka, historical hiragana ぼくくわ)
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
もく > もっ Grade: 1 |
か Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia sinensis
- papaya
Etymology 3[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Alternative form of 胡瓜
Etymology 4[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) もっこー [mòkkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) もっこー [móꜜkkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞k̚ko̞ː]
Noun[edit]
木瓜 • (mokkō) ←もくかう (mokukau)? (alternative reading hiragana もこう, rōmaji mokō, historical hiragana もかう)
References[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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木 | 瓜 |
Noun[edit]
木瓜
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