瓜子

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Chinese

Etymology 1

melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (瓜子) 瓜 子
simp. #(瓜子) 瓜 子
alternative forms 瓜籽

Pronunciation

Noun

瓜子

  1. melon seed (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
  2. any edible seed consumed as a snack, e.g. watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
    嗑瓜子  ―  kè guāzǐ  ―  to eat melon seeds
  3. (specifically) sunflower seed
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瓜子 (“melon seed; seed eaten as a snack”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 瓜子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 瓜子兒
Taiwan 瓜子
Harbin 瓜子兒
Singapore 瓜子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 瓜子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 瓜子兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 瓜子兒
Wanrong 瓜子
Xi'an 瓜子兒
Xining 瓜子兒
Xuzhou 瓜子兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 瓜子子
Lanzhou 瓜子
Ürümqi 瓜子兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 瓜子
Wuhan 瓜子
Guiyang 瓜子
Liuzhou 瓜子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 瓜子
Yangzhou 瓜子子
Cantonese Guangzhou 瓜子
Hong Kong 瓜子
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 瓜子
Macau 瓜子
Guangzhou (Panyu) 瓜子
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 瓜子
Guangzhou (Conghua) 瓜子
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 瓜子
Foshan 瓜子
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 瓜子
Foshan (Shunde) 瓜子
Foshan (Sanshui) 瓜子
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 瓜子
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 瓜子
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 瓜子
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 瓜子
Zhuhai (Doumen) 瓜子
Jiangmen (Baisha) 瓜子
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 瓜子
Taishan 瓜子
Kaiping (Chikan) 瓜子
Enping (Niujiang) 瓜子
Heshan (Yayao) 瓜子
Dongguan 瓜子
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 瓜子
Gan Nanchang 瓜子
Lichuan 瓜子
Pingxiang 瓜子
Hakka Meixian 瓜仁
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 瓜子
Dongguan (Qingxi) 瓜子
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 瓜子
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 瓜子
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 瓜子
Yudu 瓜子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 瓜子, 瓜仁
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 瓜子, 瓜仁
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 瓜子, 瓜仁
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 瓜子, 瓜仁
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 瓜子, 瓜仁
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 瓜子
Huizhou Jixi 瓜子
Northern Min Jian'ou 瓜仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 瓜子
Southern Min Xiamen 瓜子
Quanzhou 瓜子
Zhangzhou 瓜子
Shantou 瓜子
Leizhou 瓜子
Haikou 瓜子
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 瓜子
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 瓜子
Wu Suzhou 瓜子
Danyang 瓜子
Hangzhou 瓜子
Ningbo 瓜子
Jinhua 瓜子
Xiang Changsha 瓜子
Loudi 瓜子
  • (sunflower seed):
Dialectal synonyms of 葵花籽 (“sunflower seed”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 葵花籽
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 瓜子兒, 轉蒂蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒
Taiwan 葵花籽
Chengde 葵花籽兒
Chifeng 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Heihe 葵花籽兒, 毛子嗑
Qiqihar 瓜子兒, 毛嗑
Harbin 葵花籽兒, 葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒, 斜麼子兒
Jiamusi 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑, 毛嗑
Baicheng 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Changchun 瓜子兒, 毛嗑
Tonghua 瓜子兒
Shenyang 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Jinzhou 葵花籽兒, 毛嗑兒
Singapore 瓜子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 瓜子兒
Tangshan 葵花籽兒
Cangzhou 葵花籽兒
Baoding 葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒
Shijiazhuang 葵花籽兒
Lijin 葵花籽兒
Jinan 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 毛嗑兒
Dandong 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛嗑兒
Yantai 瓜子兒
Yantai (Muping) 轉日蓮種兒, 轉家蓮種兒
Qingdao 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Qingdao (Chengyang) 轉日客種兒
Qingdao (Jimo) 瓜種, 瓜子兒
Laixi 轉蓮種
Pingdu 轉葵種兒, 朝陽花兒種兒
Jiaozhou 瓜種
Qingdao (Jiaonan, Huangdao) 瓜種
Zhucheng 朝陽花瓜種兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 葵花兒籽兒
Lingbao 葵花籽
Jining 葵花籽兒, 照照葵子兒
Wanrong 葵花籽兒
Linfen 葵花籽兒, 瓜子子兒, 盤子子兒
Shangqiu 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Yuanyang 葵花籽兒
Zhengzhou 葵花籽兒
Xinyang 葵花籽兒
Baihe 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Xi'an 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Baoji 葵花籽, 瓜子兒
Tianshui 向日葵子兒
Xining 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Xuzhou 轉蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒, 葵花, 瓜子兒
Fuyang 葵花籽兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 向陽黃籽籽, 葵花籽, 葵花籽兒
Lanzhou 葵花籽兒, 葵花籽
Dunhuang 葵花籽兒
Hami 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Ürümqi 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 葵花籽, 向兒葵
Nanchong 葵瓜子
Dazhou 瓜子
Hanyuan 瓜子
Xichang 葵花籽
Zigong 瓜子
Chongqing 葵瓜子
Wuhan 葵瓜子, 葵花籽
Yichang 葵花籽, 瓜子
Xiangyang 葵花籽, 瓜子兒
Tianmen 葵花籽, 瓜子
Guiyang 葵花籽, 葵花
Zunyi 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Bijie 葵花籽
Liping 葵花籽
Zhaotong 葵花籽, 瓜子
Dali 葵花籽
Kunming 葵花籽
Mengzi 瓜子兒
Guilin 葵瓜子, 朝陽瓜子
Liuzhou 葵瓜子, 葵花籽, 瓜子
Jishou 葵花籽
Changde 葵瓜子
Hanzhong 葵花籽
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 葵花籽
Yangzhou 葵花籽子
Lianyungang 葵花籽, 望葵
Lianshui 望葵
Nantong 葵花籽兒
Anqing 葵花籽
Wuhu 葵花籽
Hefei 葵花籽
Hong'an 葵花籽, 瓜子
Cantonese Guangzhou 葵瓜子
Hong Kong 葵花籽, 摩登瓜子
Dongguan 葵瓜子
Nanning 葵瓜子
Wuzhou 葵瓜子
Yulin 葵花籽
Hepu (Lianzhou) 葵瓜子
Gan Nanchang 葵花籽
Lichuan 葵花籽
Pingxiang 葵花籽
Hakka Meixian 葵花籽
Yudu 照日亮瓜子
Luchuan (Daqiao) 葵瓜子
Huizhou Jixi 葵花籽
Shexian 葵花籽
Jin Taiyuan 瓜子, 葵花瓜子, 葵花籽籽, 葵花籽
Yangyuan 葵花籽兒
Datong 葵花籽兒
Xinzhou 葵花花, 麻煩子兒, 葵花籽兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 葵花籽兒
Changzhi 望月花子子
Linhe 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Jining 葵花籽
Hohhot 瓜子兒
Erenhot 瓜子兒
Pingshan 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Zhangjiakou 朝陽花子兒
Handan 葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
Linzhou 轉子蓮子兒
Suide 葵花籽兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 日頭陽子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 向日葵子, 葵花籽
Fuqing 瓜子, 葵瓜子
Southern Min Xiamen 葵花籽
Leizhou 葵籽
Haikou 葵瓜子
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 葵瓜子
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 葵花籽
Wu Shanghai 香瓜子
Shanghai (Chongming) 朝日頭瓜子
Suzhou 香瓜子
Danyang 葵花籽
Hangzhou 香瓜子
Ningbo 香瓜子
Wenzhou 太陽佛花子
Jinhua 香瓜子
Xiang Changsha 葵花籽
Loudi 向陽花籽
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Etymology 2

melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (瓜子) 瓜 子
simp. #(瓜子) 瓜 子

Pronunciation

Noun

瓜子

  1. (obsolete, colloquial) strike with two fingers on someone's arm as a punishment
  2. (obsolete or Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) stupid person; idiot
  3. (in compounds) A diminutive suffix for a round object, especially the head or the brain.
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