涼瓜
Chinese
| cool; cold | melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (涼瓜) | 涼 | 瓜 | |
| simp. (凉瓜) | 凉 | 瓜 | |
Etymology
Refers to the "coldness" of the melon according to traditional Chinese medicine. Reportedly arising from taboo of mentioning the 苦 (fu2, “bitter; misery”) in 苦瓜 (fu2 gwaa1, “bitter melon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
涼瓜
- (Cantonese) bitter melon
- 涼瓜炒牛肉 / 凉瓜炒牛肉 [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 edit |
| 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 | |