香櫞瓜

Chinese

		citron	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (香櫞瓜)		香櫞	瓜
simp. (香橼瓜)		香橼	瓜
alternative forms		香圓瓜／香圆瓜

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-yèn-kôa / hiông-yàn-kôa
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiuⁿ-îⁿ-koe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiên¹ ng⁵ guê¹ / hion¹ ng⁵ guê¹

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yèn-kôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ ienˇ gua´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yan² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ i̯en¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-yàn-kôa
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong´ (r)ianˇ gua´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ yan² gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiuⁿ-îⁿ-koe
    • Tâi-lô: hiunn-înn-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hviu'vi'koef
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ ĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiũ⁴⁴⁻³³ ĩ²³⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiên¹ ng⁵ guê¹ / hion¹ ng⁵ guê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hieⁿ n̂g kue / hioⁿ n̂g kue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩẽ³³⁻²³ ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/, /hĩõ³³⁻²³ ŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/

Note:

• hiên1 ng5 guê1 - Chaozhou;
• hion1 ng5 guê1 - Chaoyang, Jieyang, Shantou.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 香櫞瓜

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) chayote

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 佛手瓜 (“chayote”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	土爾瓜
	Guiyang	捧瓜, 佛手瓜
	Liuzhou	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	佛手瓜
Cantonese	Hong Kong	合掌瓜
	Nanning	佛手瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	佛手瓜
Gan	Pengze	佛手瓜
Hakka	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	香櫞瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	香瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	香藤瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	香櫞瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	香櫞瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	香櫞瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	香櫞瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	香櫞瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	合掌瓜
Southern Min	Zhao'an	佛手瓜, 香櫞
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	佛手瓜, 香瓜仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	香櫞
	Kaohsiung	香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	佛手瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	佛手瓜, 香瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	佛手瓜
	Shantou	香櫞瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	香櫞瓜
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	香櫞瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	佛手瓜

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