絲瓜

Chinese

		silk; thread; trace	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (絲瓜)		絲	瓜
simp. (丝瓜)		丝	瓜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sīguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄍㄨㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si¹ gua¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ gwaa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'si¹ gua¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹ gua¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): si¹ gua¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy-ko
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sr¹ gua¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sīguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihgua
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-kua¹
    • Yale: sz̄-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sygua
    • Palladius: сыгуа (sygua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹ gua¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sgua
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ kua⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: sī gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'si¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsz̩⁴² kua⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: si¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹ kua¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy-ko
    • MiniDict: sy^平 ko
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr-ko
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ ko²¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sr¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩³³ ku̯a̠³³/

Noun

絲瓜

1. loofah
   1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin) specifically the Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 絲瓜 (“(smooth) loofah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	絲瓜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	絲瓜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	絲瓜
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	絲瓜
	Wanrong	絲瓜, 攪瓜
	Xi'an	絲瓜子
	Xuzhou	絲瓜
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	絲瓜
	Ürümqi	絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	絲瓜
	Wuhan	絲瓜
	Guiyang	絲瓜
	Liuzhou	水瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	水瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	絲瓜
	Yangzhou	絲瓜子, 絲瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水瓜
	Hong Kong	水瓜
	Dongguan	水瓜
	Nanning	水瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	水瓜
	Wuzhou	水瓜
	Yulin	水瓜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	水瓜
Gan	Nanchang	絲瓜
	Pengze	網瓜
	Lichuan	紡線
	Pingxiang	絲瓜
Hakka	Meixian	滯瓜
	Dabu (Xihe)	滯瓜
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	水瓜
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Changbu)	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	滯瓜
	Jiexi	秋瓜
	Jiexi (Huizhai)	水瓜
	Luhe	絲瓜
	Nanjing (Meilin)	薍薺
	Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang)	薍薺
	Changting	薍薺
	Longyan (Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	薍薺
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	薍薺
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Peitian)	絲瓜
	Liancheng (Juxi)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	薍薺
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	絲瓜
	Yudu	南瓜
	Ruijin	亂絲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜瓜仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	菜瓜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	菜瓜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	菜瓜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	薍薺
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	timun
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	秋瓜
	Singkawang	秋瓜
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	薍薺
Huizhou	Jixi	絲瓜
Jin	Taiyuan	絲瓜
	Xinzhou	絲瓜子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	天蘿
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	天蘿
	Songxi	藤蘿
	Zhenghe	藤蘿
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	蔓瓜
	Jianyang	布瓜
	Wuyishan	天蘿
	Pucheng (Shibei)	藤蘿
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𰱗
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𰱗
	Fuqing	𰱗瓜
	Yongtai	𰱗
	Gutian	鼎𰱗
	Fu'an	禮瓜
	Ningde	𰱗瓜
	Shouning	藤蘿
	Zhouning	藤蘿
	Fuding	蘿瓜
Southern Min	Xiamen	菜瓜
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	菜瓜
	Quanzhou	菜瓜
	Jinjiang	鼠瓜
	Hui'an	鼠瓜
	Zhangzhou	菜瓜
	Taipei	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	菜瓜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	菜瓜
	Yilan (Luodong)	菜瓜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	菜瓜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	菜瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	菜瓜
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	菜瓜
	Kinmen	菜瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	菜瓜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	菜瓜
	Jieyang	鼠瓜
	Haikou	絲瓜
Puxian Min	Putian	菜瓜
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	菜瓜
	Xianyou	埕瓜
	Xianyou (Fengting)	菜瓜
	Xianyou (Youyang)	菜瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	水瓜
Wu	Shanghai	絲瓜
	Shanghai (Chongming)	絲瓜
	Suzhou	絲瓜
	Hangzhou	絲瓜兒
	Wenzhou	天蘿瓜
	Jinhua	天蘿
Xiang	Changsha	絲瓜
	Loudi	絲瓜

Dialectal synonyms of 稜角絲瓜 (“Chinese okra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稜角絲瓜
Taxonomic name		稜角絲瓜
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	澎湖絲瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	絲瓜, 八稜瓜
	Nanning (Wuming)	絲瓜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Hong Kong	絲瓜, 勝瓜
	Taishan	絲瓜
	Dongguan	絲瓜
	Nanning	絲瓜
	Nanning (Tanka)	絲瓜
	Wuzhou	絲瓜
	Yulin	絲瓜
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	絲瓜
Hakka	Meixian	絲瓜
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	角瓜
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	角瓜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	角瓜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	澎湖個菜瓜
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	澎湖菜瓜
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	澎湖菜瓜
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	十捻瓜
	Taipei	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	澎湖菜瓜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	菜瓜, 十捻
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	澎湖菜瓜, 十捻
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan (Luodong)	澎湖菜瓜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	澎湖菜瓜
	Changhua (Lukang)	澎湖菜瓜
	Changhua (Yongjing)	澎湖菜瓜
	Taichung	澎湖菜瓜
	Tainan	澎湖菜瓜
	Tainan (Anping)	澎湖菜瓜
	Hsinchu	澎湖菜瓜
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	澎湖菜瓜
	Kinmen	角瓜
	Penghu (Magong)	割溝菜瓜
	Penghu (Xiyu)	割溝菜瓜
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	絲瓜
Wu	Wenzhou	八稜瓜

Derived terms

• 絲瓜蘚／丝瓜藓 (sīguā xiǎn)