胡瓜
Chinese
barbarian; recklessly; surname | melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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simp. and trad. (胡瓜) | 胡 | 瓜 |
Pronunciation
Noun
胡瓜
- cucumber
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 黃瓜 (“cucumber”) [map] | ||
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Variety | Location | Words edit |
Classical Chinese | 胡瓜, 黃瓜 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黃瓜, 胡瓜 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 黃瓜 |
Taiwan | 黃瓜 | |
Harbin | 黃瓜 | |
Shenyang | 黃瓜 | |
Hailar | 黃瓜 | |
Ulanhot | 黃瓜 | |
Tongliao | 黃瓜 | |
Chifeng | 黃瓜 | |
Bayanhot | 黃瓜 | |
Jinan | 黃瓜 | |
Muping | 黃瓜 | |
Luoyang | 黃瓜 | |
Wanrong | 黃瓜, 刺黃瓜 | |
Xi'an | 黃瓜, 梢瓜 | |
Xining | 黃瓜 | |
Xuzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Yinchuan | 黃瓜 | |
Lanzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Ürümqi | 黃瓜 | |
Wuhan | 黃瓜 | |
Chengdu | 黃瓜 | |
Guiyang | 黃瓜 | |
Guilin | 黃瓜 | |
Liuzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Kunming | 黃瓜 | |
Yangzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Nanjing | 黃瓜 | |
Hefei | 黃瓜 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
Hong Kong | 青瓜 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 青瓜 | |
Taishan | 黃瓜 | |
Dongguan | 青瓜, 黃瓜, 沙瓜 | |
Yangjiang | 黃瓜 | |
Nanning | 黃瓜 | |
Wuzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Yulin | 黃瓜 | |
Hepu | 梢瓜 not prickly, 𠢠瓜 prickly | |
Kuala Lumpur | 黃瓜, 青瓜 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 黃瓜 |
Lichuan | 胡瓜 | |
Pingxiang | 𠢠瓜 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 青瓜, 黃瓜 |
Xingning | 青瓜 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 黃瓜 | |
Qujiang | 𠢠瓜 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 黃瓜 | |
Luchuan | 黃瓜 | |
Changting | 𠢠瓜 | |
Pingyu | 瓜子 | |
Wuping | 𠢠瓜 | |
Liancheng | 𠢠瓜 | |
Ninghua | 𠢠瓜 | |
Yudu | 黃瓜, 𠢠瓜 | |
Ruijin | 𠢠瓜, 黃瓜 | |
Shicheng | 𠢠瓜 | |
Shangyou | 𠢠瓜 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黃瓜仔 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 黃瓜仔 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 黃瓜仔 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 𠢠瓜, 黃皮瓜 | |
Hsinchu (Raoping) | 黃瓜 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 梨仔瓜 | |
Hong Kong | 黃瓜 | |
Sabah | 黃瓜 | |
Senai | 黃瓜 | |
Singkawang | 吊瓜 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 攙瓜 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 黃瓜 |
Xinzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Baochang | 黃瓜 | |
Jining | 黃瓜 | |
Hohhot | 黃瓜 | |
Baotou | 黃瓜 | |
Dongsheng | 黃瓜 | |
Linhe | 黃瓜 | |
Haibowan | 黃瓜 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 香瓜 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 菜瓜 |
Fuqing | 菜瓜 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 刺瓜 |
Quanzhou | 刺瓜 | |
Zhangzhou | 刺瓜 | |
Taipei | 刺瓜 | |
Kaohsiung | 刺瓜仔 | |
Tainan | 刺瓜 | |
Taichung | 刺瓜仔 | |
Hsinchu | 刺瓜 | |
Lukang | 刺瓜仔 | |
Sanxia | 刺瓜仔 | |
Yilan | 刺瓜仔 | |
Kinmen | 刺瓜 | |
Magong | 刺瓜 | |
Penang | timun | |
Singapore | timun | |
Pingnan | 黃瓜 | |
Chaozhou | 吊瓜 | |
Shantou | 吊瓜 | |
Haifeng | 黃瓜 | |
Johor Bahru | 吊瓜, timun | |
Leizhou | 刺瓜 | |
Puxian Min | Xianyou | 香瓜 |
Pinghua | Nanning | 黃瓜 |
Guilin | 黃瓜 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 黃瓜 |
Suzhou | 黃瓜 | |
Hangzhou | 黃瓜兒 | |
Wenzhou | 黃瓜, 刺瓜兒 | |
Chongming | 黃瓜 | |
Danyang | 黃瓜 | |
Jinhua | 黃瓜 | |
Tangxi | 刺瓜 | |
Ningbo | 黃瓜 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 黃瓜 |
Shuangfeng | 黃瓜 | |
Loudi | 黃瓜 | |
Quanzhou | 黃瓜 |
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
Irregular |
Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Alternative forms
- 黄瓜
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) きうり [kíꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲiɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana きうり, rōmaji kiuri)
- cucumber
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
Irregular |
/kiuri/ → /kɨːri/
Sound shift of kiuri, above (きう → きゅう). Now the modern Japanese word for "cucumber".
Alternative forms
- 黄瓜
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) きゅうり [kyúꜜùrì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːɾʲi]
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana きゅうり, katakana キュウリ, rōmaji kyūri, historical hiragana きうり, historical katakana キウリ)
- cucumber
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as キュウリ.
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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胡 | 瓜 |
Jinmeiyō | Jinmeiyō |
Irregular |
Probably a compound of 側 (soba, “side”) + 瓜 (uri, “gourd”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- IPA(key): [so̞ba̠ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana そばうり, rōmaji sobauri)
- (obsolete) cucumber
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kikai
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana きうい, romaji kiui)
- cucumber
Okinawan
Noun
胡瓜 (hiragana きーうい, romaji kīui)
- cucumber