毛瓜

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (毛瓜)		毛	瓜

Etymology

Unripe winter melon fruit is fuzzy, hence the name.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máoguā

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ gwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: máoguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maugua
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ gwaa¹
  - Yale: mòuh gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ gua¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ kʷäː⁵⁵/

Noun

毛瓜

a not yet ripe winter melon

Synonyms

節瓜／节瓜 (jiéguā)

See also

冬瓜 (dōngguā)
夏南瓜 (xiànánguā)

References

冬瓜 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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