葫蘆瓜

Chinese

		bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (葫蘆瓜)		葫蘆	瓜
simp. (葫芦瓜)		葫芦	瓜

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ lou^4-2 gwaa¹
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu² lou² gua¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ lou^4-2 gwaa¹
    • Yale: wùh lóu gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ lou^4-2 gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ lou^4-2 gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ lou̯²¹⁻³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fu² lou² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸu¹³ ləu̯¹³ ku̯a̠³³/

Noun

葫蘆瓜

1. (Cantonese, Xiang) bottle gourd; calabash

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瓠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葫蘆
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	葫蘆
	Singapore	葫蘆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	葫蘆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	葫蘆
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	葫蘆
	Wanrong	葫蘆
	Xi'an	葫蘆
	Xining	葫蘆
	Xuzhou	葫蘆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	葫蘆
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	葫蘆
	Guiyang	葫蘆
	Liuzhou	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	葫蘆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葫蘆
	Hong Kong	葫蘆瓜, 葫蘆
	Dongguan	葫蘆, 葫蘆瓜
Gan	Nanchang	葫蘆
	Lichuan	葫蘆, 膨葫
	Pingxiang	葫蘆
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓠仔, 瓠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓠子
Huizhou	Jixi	葫蘆
Jin	Taiyuan	葫蘆
	Xinzhou	葫蘆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	葫蘆瓠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Min	Haikou	葫蘆瓠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葫蘆
Wu	Shanghai	葫蘆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	葫落
	Suzhou	葫蘆
	Danyang	葫蘆
	Hangzhou	葫蘆兒
	Ningbo	葫蘆
	Jinhua	葫蘆
Xiang	Changsha	葫蘆瓜