勝瓜

勝瓜

Chinese

		victorious; able to do; competent enough to	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (勝瓜)		勝	瓜
simp. (胜瓜)		胜	瓜

Etymology

Euphemistic form of 絲瓜, since 絲 (si1) is nearly homophonous to 輸 (syu1, “to lose”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shèngguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqgua
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Yale: sing gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ gua¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ kʷäː⁵⁵/

Noun

勝瓜

1. (chiefly Cantonese) loofah