菩薘

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (菩薘)
simp. (菩荙)
variant forms 菩達菩达
蒲達蒲达

Etymology

Possibly related to 菩提 (“bodhi”); compare the now-dated name 菩提瓜 (“bitter gourd”).

Pronunciation


Noun

菩薘

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, dated) bitter melon
    子薑菩薘菩薘豬肚 [Cantonese, trad.]
    子姜菩荙菩荙猪肚 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 月光光 (a nursery rhyme)
    zi2 goeng1 laat6, maai5 pou4 daat6, pou4 daat6 fu2, maai5 zyu1 tou5 [Jyutping]
    The tender ginger is pungent, buy bitter melon, the bitter melon is bitter, buy hog maw

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
Penang 苦瓜
Singapore 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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