煲冬瓜

煲冬瓜

Chinese

		pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	'; winter melon; ash gourd '; winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd
simp. and trad. (煲冬瓜)		煲	冬瓜
Literally: “to make winter melon soup”.

Etymology

Similar-sounding pun on 普通話／普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāodōngguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bāodōngguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baudonggua
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: bōu dūng gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ dung¹ gua¹
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷäː⁵⁵/

Noun

煲冬瓜

1. (Cantonese, humorous) Mandarin Chinese, especially when spoken with a heavy Cantonese accent