涼瓜

Chinese

cool; cold
 
melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (涼瓜)
simp. (凉瓜)

Etymology

Refers to the "coldness" of the melon according to traditional Chinese medicine. Reportedly arising from taboo of mentioning the (fu2, “bitter; misery”) in 苦瓜 (fu2 gwaa1, “bitter melon”).

Pronunciation


Noun

涼瓜

  1. (Cantonese) bitter melon
    涼瓜牛肉 / 凉瓜牛肉 [Cantonese]   loeng4 gwaa1 caau2 ngau4 juk6 [Jyutping]   stir-fried beef with bitter melon

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 苦瓜
Taxonomic name 苦瓜
Mandarin Beijing 苦瓜
Taiwan 苦瓜
Harbin 苦瓜, 癩瓜
Shenyang 癩瓜
Jinan 苦瓜
Luoyang 苦瓜
Xi'an 苦瓜
Xining 苦瓜
Xuzhou 苦瓜
Yinchuan 苦瓜
Lanzhou 苦瓜
Ürümqi 苦瓜
Wuhan 苦瓜
Chengdu 苦瓜
Guiyang 苦瓜
Liuzhou 苦瓜
Nanjing 癩葡萄, 苦瓜
Cantonese Guangzhou 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 菩薘
Taishan 苦瓜
Dongguan 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘
Gan Nanchang 苦瓜
Lichuan 苦瓜
Pingxiang 苦瓜
Hakka Meixian 苦瓜
Yudu 苦瓜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 苦瓜
Liudui (S. Sixian) 苦瓜, 苦瓜仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 苦瓜
Dongshi (Dabu) 苦瓜
Hsinchu (Raoping) 苦瓜
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 苦瓜
Hong Kong 苦瓜
Jin Taiyuan 苦瓜
Min Bei Jian'ou 苦瓜
Min Dong Fuzhou 苦瓜
Min Nan Xiamen 苦瓜
Taipei 苦瓜
Kaohsiung 苦瓜
Haikou 苦瓜
Pinghua Nanning 苦瓜
Wu Shanghai 苦瓜
Suzhou 苦瓜
Hangzhou 苦瓜
Wenzhou 紅瓤
Danyang 癩葡萄瓜
Jinhua 苦瓜
Ningbo 苦瓜
Xiang Changsha 苦瓜
Loudi 苦瓜
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