水瓜柳

Chinese

		water; river	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	willow
trad. (水瓜柳)		水	瓜	柳
simp. #(水瓜柳)		水	瓜	柳
alternative forms		水瓜榴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐguāliǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐguāliǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěigualiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-kua¹-liu³
    • Yale: shwěi-gwā-lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeigualeou
    • Palladius: шуйгуалю (šujgualju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

水瓜柳

1. caper (pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper Capparis spinosa, which is pickled and eaten, or a plant of the genus Capparis, also called caper bush, caper tree)