苦瓜
Chinese
bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (苦瓜) | 苦 | 瓜 | |
simp. #(苦瓜) | 苦 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǔgua
- Wade–Giles: kʻu3-kua1
- Yale: kǔ-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuugua
- Palladius: кугуа (kugua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 gwaa1
- Yale: fú gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú-kôa
- Hakka Romanization System: fuˋ guaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu3 gua1
- Sinological IPA: /fu³¹ ku̯a²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 苦瓜
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]
Derived terms
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Descendants
Others:
- → English: bitter melon (calque), bittermelon (calque), bitter gourd (calque), foo qua
Further reading
- “Entry #5483”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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苦 | 瓜 |
にが Grade: 3 |
うり Jinmeiyō |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
苦 (niga, “bitter”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”)
Pronunciation
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Noun
苦瓜 or 苦瓜 • (nigauri)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごい, rōmaji nigagoi) (Kagoshima dialect)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごり, rōmaji nigagori) (Miyazaki dialect)
Synonyms
- 蔓茘枝 (tsurureishi)
Okinawan
Noun
苦瓜 (gōyā)
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