甜瓜

甜瓜

Chinese

		sweet	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (甜瓜)		甜	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiánguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ gwaa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiⁿ-koe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiánguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyangua
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴ gwaa¹
    • Yale: tìhm gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ gua¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-koe
    • Tâi-lô: tinn-kue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'koef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ³³ kue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

甜瓜

1. melon
2. muskmelon

Synonyms

• (muskmelon): 蜜瓜 (mìguā), 香瓜 (xiāngguā)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
まくわ Hyōgaiji	うり Jinmeiyō
Irregular	kun’yomi

Variant form of 真桑瓜. The kanji are jukujikun, derived from the Chinese name for melons.

Noun

甜瓜 (hiragana まくわうり, rōmaji makuwauri)

1. Oriental melon

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as マクワウリ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
てん Hyōgaiji	か Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Chinese

Noun

甜瓜 (hiragana てんか, rōmaji tenka)

1. melon
2. Oriental melon

References

• “まくわうり.” Kōjien. 6th ed. 2008. Print.