菩薘
Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (菩薘) | 菩 | 薘 | |
| simp. (菩荙) | 菩 | 荙 | |
| variant forms | 菩達／菩达 蒲達／蒲达 | ||
Etymology
Possibly related to 菩提 (“bodhi”); compare the now-dated name 菩提瓜 (“bitter gourd”).
Pronunciation
Noun
菩薘
- (chiefly Cantonese, dated) bitter melon
- 子薑辣，買菩薘，菩薘苦，買豬肚 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 月光光 (a nursery rhyme)
- zi2 goeng1 laat6, maai5 pou4 daat6, pou4 daat6 fu2, maai5 zyu1 tou5 [Jyutping]
- The tender ginger is pungent, buy bitter melon, the bitter melon is bitter, buy hog maw
子姜辣，买菩荙，菩荙苦，买猪肚 [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 苦瓜 | |
| Taxonomic name | 苦瓜 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 苦瓜 |
| Taiwan | 苦瓜 | |
| Harbin | 苦瓜, 癩瓜 | |
| Shenyang | 癩瓜 | |
| Jinan | 苦瓜 | |
| Luoyang | 苦瓜 | |
| Xi'an | 苦瓜 | |
| Xining | 苦瓜 | |
| Xuzhou | 苦瓜 | |
| Yinchuan | 苦瓜 | |
| Lanzhou | 苦瓜 | |
| Ürümqi | 苦瓜 | |
| Wuhan | 苦瓜 | |
| Chengdu | 苦瓜 | |
| Guiyang | 苦瓜 | |
| Liuzhou | 苦瓜 | |
| Nanjing | 癩葡萄, 苦瓜 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated |
| Hong Kong | 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 菩薘 | |
| Taishan | 苦瓜 | |
| Dongguan | 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 苦瓜 |
| Lichuan | 苦瓜 | |
| Pingxiang | 苦瓜 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 苦瓜 |
| Yudu | 苦瓜 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 苦瓜 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 苦瓜, 苦瓜仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 苦瓜 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 苦瓜 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 苦瓜 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 苦瓜 | |
| Hong Kong | 苦瓜 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 苦瓜 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 苦瓜 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 苦瓜 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 苦瓜 |
| Taipei | 苦瓜 | |
| Kaohsiung | 苦瓜 | |
| Penang | 苦瓜 | |
| Singapore | 苦瓜 | |
| Haikou | 苦瓜 | |
| Pinghua | Nanning | 苦瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 苦瓜 |
| Suzhou | 苦瓜 | |
| Hangzhou | 苦瓜 | |
| Wenzhou | 紅瓤 | |
| Danyang | 癩葡萄瓜 | |
| Jinhua | 苦瓜 | |
| Ningbo | 苦瓜 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 苦瓜 |
| Loudi | 苦瓜 | |