煲冬瓜
Chinese
pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat | |||
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trad. (煲冬瓜) | 煲 | 冬瓜 | |
simp. #(煲冬瓜) | 煲 | 冬瓜 | |
Literally: “to make winter melon soup”. |
Etymology
Similar-sounding pun on 普通話/普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: baodonggua
- Wade–Giles: pao1-tung1-kua1
- Yale: bāu-dūng-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baudonggua
- Palladius: баодунгуа (baodungua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou1 dung1 gwaa1
- Yale: bōu dūng gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou1 dung1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: bou1 dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+