Taiwan Mandarin

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胡瓜

hú guā·ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

“cucumber; a trailing annual vine with rough, hairy stems and tendrils; produces elongated, prickly fruit with yellow skin when ripe.”

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non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; surname; beard or mustache; recklessly or outrageously; why or what; used in alleyway names.

guā·ㄍㄨㄚ

Melon; gourd; squash; a general term for plants in the Cucurbitaceae family; also used as a slang term for gossip.