瓜U+74DC5 STROKES
Entry·pron. guā
ㄍㄨㄚ
“Melon; gourd; squash; a general term for plants in the Cucurbitaceae family; also used as a slang term for gossip.”
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瓜melon
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- 西瓜ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚwatermelon; a large round or oval fruit with green rind and sweet red or yellow flesh; a trailing vine that produces this fruit
- 地瓜ㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄚsweet potato; yam bean; (TCM) digua fig
- 南瓜ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚpumpkin; a large, round, orange or yellow fruit with thick skin, used as a vegetable; also refers to the vine plant that produces it
- 傻瓜ㄕㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄚidiot; fool; (Taiwan) short for point-and-shoot camera.
- 木瓜ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚpapaya; a tropical fruit with orange flesh and sweet taste; a deciduous shrub or small tree with oval leaves and pink or white flowers; a poem in the Book of Songs
- 苦瓜ㄎㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄚbitter melon; a gourd-family vine with deeply lobed leaves, yellow flowers, and warty, bitter fruit eaten as a vegetable in Taiwan
- 絲瓜ㄙ ㄍㄨㄚA long, slender gourd vegetable eaten when tender; its mature fibrous interior, called loofah, is used for scrubbing or medicine.
- 胡瓜ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄚcucumber; a trailing annual vine with rough, hairy stems and tendrils; produces elongated, prickly fruit with yellow skin when ripe.
- 冬瓜ㄉㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄚwinter melon; a large, mild-flavored gourd with white flesh, commonly used in soups and stews.
- 瓜分ㄍㄨㄚ ㄈㄣ
- 小黃瓜ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
- 黃瓜ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
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