吃瓜

吃瓜

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (吃瓜)		吃	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄍㄨㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chīguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chygua
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/

Verb

吃瓜

1. (literally) to eat melon or melon seed
2. (figuratively, neologism, slang) to be a mere bystander or onlooker

Derived terms

吃瓜群眾／吃瓜群众 (chīguā qúnzhòng)