瓜子

瓜子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (瓜子)		瓜	子
simp. #(瓜子)		瓜	子
alternative forms		瓜籽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): gwaa¹ zi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga¹ du²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôa-chṳ́
• Jin (Wiktionary): gua¹ zi²
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): koe-chí / ke-chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê¹ zi²

• Xiang (Wiktionary): gua¹ zr³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guazǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭ³
    • Yale: gwā-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzyy
    • Palladius: гуацзы (guaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāzǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guazǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭrh³
    • Yale: gwā-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzeel
    • Palladius: гуацзыр (guaczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩ə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ zi²
    • Yale: gwā jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ga¹ du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³ tu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôa-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua´ zii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua¹ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gua¹ zi²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kua¹¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-chí
    • Tâi-lô: kue-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koecie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-chí
    • Tâi-lô: ke-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kecie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê¹ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kue tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gua¹ zr³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua̠³³ t͡sz̩⁴¹/

Noun

瓜子

1. melon seed (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
2. any edible seed consumed as a snack, e.g. watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)

   嗑瓜子  ―  kè guāzǐ  ―  to eat melon seeds

   他居然沒有給客人準備煙、酒、飲料、糖、瓜子或茶葉。 [MSC, trad.]
   他居然没有给客人准备烟、酒、饮料、糖、瓜子或茶叶。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jūrán méiyǒu gěi kèrén zhǔnbèi yān, jiǔ, yǐnliào, táng, guāzǐ huò cháyè. [Pinyin]

   Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.

3. (specifically) sunflower seed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓜子 (“melon seed; seed eaten as a snack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓜子
Mandarin	Beijing	瓜子兒
	Taiwan	瓜子
	Harbin	瓜子兒
	Yantai (Muping)	瓜子兒
	Jinan	瓜子兒
	Luoyang	瓜子兒
	Wanrong	瓜子
	Xi'an	瓜子兒
	Yinchuan	瓜子子
	Lanzhou	瓜子
	Xining	瓜子兒
	Ürümqi	瓜子兒
	Wuhan	瓜子
	Chengdu	瓜子
	Guiyang	瓜子
	Liuzhou	瓜子
	Xuzhou	瓜子兒
	Yangzhou	瓜子子
	Nanjing	瓜子
	Singapore	瓜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瓜子
	Hong Kong	瓜子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	瓜子
	Macau	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瓜子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瓜子
	Foshan	瓜子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瓜子
	Foshan (Shunde)	瓜子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瓜子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瓜子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	瓜子
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瓜子
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瓜子
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瓜子
	Taishan	瓜子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瓜子
	Enping (Niujiang)	瓜子
	Heshan (Yayao)	瓜子
	Dongguan	瓜子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	瓜子
	Lichuan	瓜子
	Pingxiang	瓜子
Hakka	Meixian	瓜仁
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	瓜子
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	瓜子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	瓜子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	瓜子
	Conghua (Lütian)	瓜子
	Yudu	瓜子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瓜子, 瓜仁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瓜子
Huizhou	Jixi	瓜子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	瓜仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	瓜子
Min Nan	Xiamen	瓜子
	Quanzhou	瓜子
	Zhangzhou	瓜子
	Shantou	瓜子
	Leizhou	瓜子
	Haikou	瓜子
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	瓜子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瓜子
Wu	Suzhou	瓜子
	Danyang	瓜子
	Hangzhou	瓜子
	Ningbo	瓜子
	Jinhua	瓜子
Xiang	Changsha	瓜子
	Loudi	瓜子

• (sunflower seed):

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向日葵子 (xiàngrìkuízǐ) 天葵子 (tiānkuízǐ) 摩登瓜子 (Cantonese)

望日葵子 (wàngrìkuízǐ) 葵瓜子 (kuíguāzǐ) 葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 葵花籽 (“sunflower seed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		葵花籽
Mandarin	Beijing	瓜子兒, 轉蒂蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒
	Taiwan	葵花籽
	Tianjin	瓜子兒
	Chengde	葵花籽兒
	Tangshan	葵花籽兒
	Cangzhou	葵花籽兒
	Baoding	葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒
	Shijiazhuang	葵花籽兒
	Chifeng	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Heihe	葵花籽兒, 毛子嗑
	Qiqihar	瓜子兒, 毛嗑
	Harbin	葵花籽兒, 葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒, 斜麼子兒
	Jiamusi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑, 毛嗑
	Baicheng	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Changchun	瓜子兒, 毛嗑
	Tonghua	瓜子兒
	Shenyang	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Dandong	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛嗑兒
	Jinzhou	葵花籽兒, 毛嗑兒
	Dalian	毛嗑兒
	Yantai	瓜子兒
	Yantai (Muping)	轉日蓮種兒, 轉家蓮種兒
	Qingdao	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Lijin	葵花籽兒
	Zhucheng	朝陽花瓜種兒
	Jinan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Jining	葵花籽兒, 照照葵子兒
	Luoyang	葵花兒籽兒
	Wanrong	葵花籽兒
	Shangqiu	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Yuanyang	葵花籽兒
	Zhengzhou	葵花籽兒
	Lingbao	葵花籽
	Xinyang	葵花籽兒
	Baihe	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Hanzhong	葵花籽
	Xi'an	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Baoji	葵花籽, 瓜子兒
	Yinchuan	向陽黃籽籽, 葵花籽, 葵花籽兒
	Tianshui	向日葵子兒
	Lanzhou	葵花籽兒, 葵花籽
	Dunhuang	葵花籽兒
	Xining	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Hami	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Ürümqi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Wuhan	葵瓜子, 葵花籽
	Yichang	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Xiangyang	葵花籽, 瓜子兒
	Tianmen	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Hong'an	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Chengdu	葵花籽, 向兒葵
	Nanchong	葵瓜子
	Dazhou	瓜子
	Hanyuan	瓜子
	Xichang	葵花籽
	Zigong	瓜子
	Chongqing	葵瓜子
	Guiyang	葵花籽, 葵花
	Zunyi	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Bijie	葵花籽
	Liping	葵花籽
	Zhaotong	葵花籽, 瓜子
	Dali	葵花籽
Kunming	葵花籽
Mengzi	瓜子兒
Guilin	葵瓜子, 朝陽瓜子
Liuzhou	葵瓜子, 葵花籽, 瓜子
Jishou	葵花籽
Changde	葵瓜子
Anqing	葵花籽
Xuzhou	轉蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒, 葵花, 瓜子兒
Fuyang	葵花籽兒
Wuhu	葵花籽
Yangzhou	葵花籽子
Lianyungang	葵花籽, 望葵
Lianshui	望葵
Nanjing	葵花籽
Hefei	葵花籽
Nantong	葵花籽兒
Singapore	瓜子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	葵瓜子
	Hong Kong	摩登瓜子
	Dongguan	葵瓜子
	Nanning	葵瓜子
	Wuzhou	葵瓜子
	Yulin	葵花籽
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	葵瓜子
Gan	Nanchang	葵花籽
	Lichuan	葵花籽
	Pingxiang	葵花籽
Hakka	Meixian	葵花籽
	Yudu	照日亮瓜子
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	葵瓜子
Huizhou	Jixi	葵花籽
	Shexian	葵花籽
Jin	Taiyuan	瓜子, 葵花瓜子, 葵花籽籽, 葵花籽
	Yangyuan	葵花籽兒
	Datong	葵花籽兒
	Xinzhou	葵花花, 麻煩子兒, 葵花籽兒
	Lishi	葵花籽兒
	Linfen	葵花籽兒, 瓜子子兒, 盤子子兒
	Changzhi	望月花子子
	Linhe	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Jining	葵花籽
	Hohhot	瓜子兒
	Erenhot	瓜子兒
	Pingshan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Zhangjiakou	朝陽花子兒
	Handan	葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
	Linzhou	轉子蓮子兒
	Suide	葵花籽兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	日頭陽子
Min Dong	Fuzhou	向日葵子, 葵花籽
Min Nan	Xiamen	葵花籽
	Leizhou	葵籽
	Haikou	葵瓜子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	葵瓜子
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	葵花籽
Wu	Shanghai	香瓜子
	Shanghai (Chongming)	朝日頭瓜子
	Suzhou	香瓜子
	Danyang	葵花籽
	Hangzhou	香瓜子
	Ningbo	香瓜子
	Wenzhou	太陽佛花子
	Jinhua	香瓜子
Xiang	Changsha	葵花籽
	Loudi	向陽花籽

Derived terms

嗑瓜子 摩登瓜子 瓜子不大是人心 瓜子仁 瓜子口面 瓜子菜 瓜子金

瓜子面 白瓜子 (báiguāzǐ) 葵瓜子 (kuíguāzǐ) 瓜子殼／瓜子壳 瓜子臉／瓜子脸 (guāzǐliǎn) 藍瓜子／蓝瓜子

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကွာစေ့ (kwace.)
• → Indonesian: kuaci
• → Thai: กวยจี๊ (guai-jíi) (snack)

Etymology 2

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (瓜子)		瓜	子
simp. #(瓜子)		瓜	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guazi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwā-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua.tzy
    • Palladius: гуацзы (guaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

瓜子

1. (obsolete, colloquial) strike with two fingers on someone's arm as a punishment
2. (obsolete or Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin) stupid person; idiot
3. (in compounds) A diminutive suffix for a round object, especially the head or the brain.

Derived terms

打瓜子 腦瓜子／脑瓜子 (nǎoguāzi)

腦袋瓜子／脑袋瓜子 (nǎodaiguāzi) 鄉瓜子／乡瓜子