麵瓜

Chinese

		flour; noodles	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (麵瓜/麪瓜)		麵/麪	瓜
simp. (面瓜)		面	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàngua
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-kua¹
    • Yale: myàn-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianngua
    • Palladius: мяньгуа (mjanʹgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 麵瓜

1. (dialectal Mandarin) pumpkin
2. (figurative, derogatory) weak, useless or irresolute person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜 (“pumpkin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		南瓜
Taxonomic name		南瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	倭瓜, 老倭瓜, 北瓜, 南瓜
	Taiwan	南瓜
	Ulanhot	倭瓜
	Tongliao	倭瓜
	Chifeng	倭瓜
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	倭瓜
	Harbin	倭瓜
	Shenyang	倭瓜
	Singapore	南瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	南瓜, 倭瓜, 北瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	芋瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Wanrong	北瓜, 倭瓜, 六水瓜
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	南瓜
	Zhengzhou	南瓜, 倭瓜
	Xi'an	倭瓜, 南瓜, 番瓜
	Xining	南瓜
	Xuzhou	南瓜
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	南瓜, 倭瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	倭瓜, 麵瓜
	Bayanhot	倭瓜, 葫蘆
	Lanzhou	南瓜
	Ürümqi	倭瓜, 南瓜
	Jimsar	倭瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	南瓜
	Wuhan	南瓜
	Guiyang	南瓜
	Kunming	南瓜
	Guilin	南瓜
	Liuzhou	南瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	北瓜, 老北瓜, 南瓜
	Yangzhou	番瓜
	Nantong	番瓜
	Hefei	南瓜
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	金瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	番瓜, 紅瓜, 甜瓜
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	金瓜
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	金瓜
	Macau	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	番瓜, 南瓜
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	南瓜
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	棚瓜
	Foshan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	針瓜
	Foshan (Shunde)	番瓜
	Foshan (Sanshui)	砧瓜
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	砧瓜
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	金瓜
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	番瓜
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	盒瓜
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	盒瓜
	Taishan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Kaiping (Chikan)	番瓜
	Enping (Niujiang)	番瓜
	Heshan (Yayao)	金瓜
	Dongguan	番瓜, 南瓜
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	甜瓜
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	金瓜
	Qingyuan	番瓜
	Fogang	番蒲
	Yingde (Hanguang)	番瓜
	Yangshan	番瓜
	Lianshan (Butian)	番瓜
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	南瓜
	Shaoguan	番瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓜
	Renhua	番蒲
	Lechang	番瓜
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	金瓜
	Sihui	金瓜
	Guangning	金瓜
	Deqing	南瓜
	Huaiji	南瓜
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	金瓜
	Yunfu	金瓜, 節瓜 small
	Xinxing	金瓜
	Luoding	金瓜
	Yunan (Pingtai)	金瓜
	Yangjiang	金瓜
	Xinyi	番瓜
	Maoming (Xinpo)	金瓜
	Lianjiang	金瓜, 南瓜
	Nanning	南瓜
	Wuzhou	金瓜
	Yulin	金瓜, 四月菜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	金瓜
	Danzhou	金瓜
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	金瓜, 番瓜
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	南瓜
Gan	Nanchang	北瓜
	Pengze	北瓜
	Lichuan	南瓜
	Pingxiang	金瓜
Hakka	Meixian	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Xingning	冬瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	金瓜
	Huiyang	金瓜
	Huidong (Daling)	金瓜
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	金瓜
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	金瓜
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	金瓜
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	番瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	冬瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	番瓜, 弓瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	弓瓜
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	番瓠
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	番瓜
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	番瓜
	Changting	番瓠
	Wuping	番瓠
	Wuping (Pingyu)	番瓠
	Liancheng	金瓜
	Ninghua	番瓠
	Yudu	番瓠, 金瓜
	Ruijin	斑瓠
	Shicheng	番瓠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	番瓠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番瓜, 黃瓜, 黃瓠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	番瓜, 金瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	黃瓠, 番瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	黃瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	黃瓠, 金瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	金瓜
	Hong Kong	金瓜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	南瓜
	Sabah (Longchuan)	金瓜
	Senai (Huiyang)	金瓜
	Singkawang	黃瓠
Huizhou	Jixi	南瓜, 北瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	南瓜, 番瓜
	Pingyao	南瓜
	Xinzhou	南瓜
	Taibus (Baochang)	倭瓜
	Linhe	倭瓜
	Jining	倭瓜
	Hohhot	番瓜
	Baotou	倭瓜
	Dongsheng	倭瓜
	Haibowan	麵瓜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	金瓜
	Songxi	金瓠
	Zhenghe	金瓜
	Jianyang	南瓜
	Wuyishan	南瓜
	Pucheng (Shibei)	金瓜
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	金瓜, 南瓜
	Fuzhou (Changle)	金瓜
	Fuqing	金瓜
	Yongtai	金匏
	Gutian	金匏
	Fu'an	金匏
	Ningde	金匏
	Shouning	金瓜
	Zhouning	金匏
	Fuding	金瓜
	Matsu	金瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	金瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	金瓜
	Quanzhou	冬瓜, 金瓜
	Jinjiang	匏, 冬瓜
	Hui'an	冬瓜
	Anxi	金瓜
	Yongchun	匏
	Zhangzhou	金瓜
	Zhangpu	金瓜
	Yunxiao	金瓜
	Zhao'an	金瓜
	Dongshan	金瓜
	Taipei	金瓜
	Kaohsiung	金瓜
	Yilan	金瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	金瓜
	Taichung	金瓜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	金瓜
	Tainan	金瓜
	Taitung	金瓜
	Hsinchu	金瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	金瓜
	Penang (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Singapore (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Manila (Hokkien)	金瓜
	Longyan	番匏
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	烏匏
	Datian	番匏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	南瓜
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	南瓜
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	南瓜, 金瓜
	Guilin (Biyange)	金瓜
	Chaozhou	番瓜
	Shantou	番瓜, 南瓜, 金瓜
	Shantou (Chenghai)	番瓜
	Jieyang	番瓜
	Haifeng	金瓜
	Bangkok (Teochew)	南瓜
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	金瓜
	Singapore (Teochew)	金瓜
	Pontianak (Teochew)	labu
	Leizhou	金瓜
	Wenchang	南瓜, 盒瓜
	Haikou	南瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	通瓜, 金瓜, 南瓜
	Xianyou	匏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	番瓜, 南瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	金瓜, 南瓜
	Binyang	南瓜
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	金瓜
Shehua	Fu'an	金瓠
	Fuding	金瓜
	Sanming	番瓠
	Shunchang	番瓠
	Hua'an	金瓜
	Guixi (Zhangping)	金瓠
	Cangnan	金瓜
	Jingning (Hexi)	金瓜
	Lishui	金瓜
	Longyou	金瓜
	Chaozhou	金瓜
	Fengshun	黃瓜
Wu	Shanghai	南瓜, 飯瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	番瓜
	Suzhou	南瓜
	Wuxi	南瓜
	Danyang	番瓜
	Hangzhou	南瓜
	Ningbo	飯瓜, 南瓜
	Linhai	金瓜
	Wenzhou	金瓜
	Jinhua	金瓜
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	花蒲
Xiang	Changsha	南瓜, 北瓜 suburbs
	Loudi	南瓜
	Shuangfeng	番瓜, 南瓜
	Quanzhou	南瓜