煲冬瓜
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Chinese
| pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煲冬瓜) | 煲 | 冬瓜 | |
| simp. #(煲冬瓜) | 煲 | 冬瓜 | |
| Literally: “to make winter melon soup”. | |||
Etymology
Similar-sounding pun on 普通話／普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bou1 dung1 gwaa1
- Yale: bōu dūng gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: bou1 dung1 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: bou1 dung1 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
煲冬瓜