瓜柴

瓜柴

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	firewood
simp. and trad. (瓜柴)		瓜	柴

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ caai⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ caai⁴
    • Yale: gwā chàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ tsaai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ cai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäː⁵⁵ t͡sʰäːi̯²¹/

Verb

瓜柴

1. (Cantonese) to die

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 瓜柴

㾀歹 (Min Nan) 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic) 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic) 下世 (xiàshì) (formal) 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic) 亡故 (wánggù) (literary) 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic) 仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic) 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic) 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial) 傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary) 傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary) 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks) 凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age) 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic) 即世 (jíshì) (literary) 去世 (qùshì) 喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic) 喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic) 嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic) 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, derogatory) 嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial) 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous) 圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns) 夭壽／夭寿 (yāoshòu) (to die young) 夭壽死／夭寿死 (Min Nan, to die young) 夭折 (yāozhé) (to die young) 夭逝 (yāoshì) (literary, to die young) 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic) 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic) 就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr) 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) 崩殂 (bēngcú) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic) 拉柴 (Cantonese, colloquial) 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders) 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders) 斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative) 早死 (zǎosǐ) (to die young) 晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) 棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary) 歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic) 歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic) 歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic) 死 (sǐ) 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal) 死人 (sǐrén) 死去 (sǐqù) (informal) 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal) 死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)

殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic) 氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary) 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific) 沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary) 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic) 無去／无去 (Min Nan) 物化 (wùhuà) (literary) 瓜 (Cantonese, slang, humorous) 瓜老襯／瓜老衬 (Cantonese) 百年 (Min Nan) 百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly) 百歲 (Min Nan) 百歲年老／百岁年老 (Min Nan) 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds) 翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous) 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly) 老去 (Min Nan) 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials) 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords) 蟯歹／蛲歹 (Min Nan, humorous) 蟯癱／蛲瘫 (Min Nan, humorous) 行去 (Min Nan, euphemistic) 行雞／行鸡 (Min Nan, humorous) 見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders) 見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative) 誆牽／诓牵 (Min Nan, of an old person) 賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) 賣鹹鴨蛋 (Cantonese) 走了 (zǒule) (euphemistic) 走去踮 (Min Nan, euphemistic) 走咗 (Cantonese) 起車／起车 ( Singapore Hokkien, euphemistic) 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary) 逝世 (shìshì) 過世／过世 (guòshì) 過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic) 過往 (Min Nan) 過氣 (Min Nan) 過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary) 過面／过面 (Min Nan) 釘 (Cantonese, slang) 長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic) 長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific) 隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic) 離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic) 香咗 (Cantonese) 馬滴／马滴 (Min Nan) 駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) 龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)