胡瓜
Chinese
barbarian; recklessly; surname | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (胡瓜) | 胡 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(胡瓜) | 胡 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: húgua
- Wade–Giles: hu2-kua1
- Yale: hú-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwugua
- Palladius: хугуа (xugua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu4 gwaa1
- Yale: wùh gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu4 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: wu4 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 胡瓜
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Noun
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
/kiuri/ → /kɨːri/
Sound shift of kiuri, above (きう → きゅう). Now the modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese word for "cucumber".
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キュウリ.
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
Etymology 4
Noun
Etymology 5
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Probably a compound of 側 (soba, “side”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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Noun
Further reading
- “きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “きゅい【胡瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
References
Kikai
Alternative forms
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana きうい, rōmaji kiui)
References
- “きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Okinawan
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
きー Jinmeiyō |
うい Jinmeiyō |
irregular | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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黄瓜 |
Pronunciation
Noun
胡瓜 (kīui)
References
- “きーうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
- “キーウィ(きーうぃ)” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
- “キーウイ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- zh:Vegetables
- zh:Gourd family plants
- Japanese terms spelled with 胡
- Japanese terms spelled with 瓜
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Kagoshima Japanese
- Japanese terms with obsolete senses
- ja:Gourd family plants
- ja:Vegetables
- Kikai lemmas
- Kikai nouns
- kzg:Gourd family plants
- kzg:Vegetables
- Okinawan terms spelled with 胡
- Okinawan terms spelled with 瓜 read as うい
- Okinawan terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Okinawan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Okinawan lemmas
- Okinawan nouns
- Okinawan terms with multiple readings
- Okinawan terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Okinawan terms written with two Han script characters
- ryu:Gourd family plants
- ryu:Vegetables