煲冬瓜

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Chinese

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pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat
trad. (煲冬瓜) 冬瓜
simp. #(煲冬瓜) 冬瓜
Literally: “to make winter melon soup”.
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Etymology

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Similar-sounding pun on 普通話普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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煲冬瓜

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (bāo),‎ 冬瓜 (dōngguā).
  2. (Cantonese, humorous) Mandarin Chinese, especially when spoken with a heavy Cantonese accent