瓠子
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Chinese
| gourd | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓠子) | 瓠 | 子 | |
| simp. #(瓠子) | 瓠 | 子 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hùzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hu4-tzŭ5
- Yale: hù-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh.tzy
- Palladius: хуцзы (xuczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu6 zi2
- Yale: wuh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu6 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: wu6 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
瓠子
- a certain variety of Lagenaria siceraria whose fruit is long and slender and cylindrical in shape, and whose flowers are white and bloom at night
Synonyms
- 瓠瓜 (hùguā)
See also
Pronunciation 2
Noun
瓠子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |