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胡瓜
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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- 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
- 胡志強ㄏㄨˊ ㄓˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊJason Hu (born 1948); former Taiwan foreign minister
- 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
- 胡適ㄏㄨˊ ㄕˋHu Shi (1891–1962); Chinese scholar, philosopher, and leading figure of the New Culture Movement; advocated vernacular Chinese writing.
- 傻瓜ㄕㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄚidiot; fool; (Taiwan) short for point-and-shoot camera.
- 胡椒ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠpepper; a spice from the Piper plant; used as seasoning or medicine; black pepper is dried with skin; white pepper is peeled
- 胡錦濤ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄊㄠˊHu Jintao; former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China.
- 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
- 胡亂ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋcareless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- 胡蘿蔔ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄅㄛcarrot; an orange root vegetable grown for food; also comes in purple, red, and yellow varieties.
- 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