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佛手瓜

佛手瓜

Chinese

		Buddha's hand citron or Fingered citron	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (佛手瓜)		佛手	瓜

Noun

佛手瓜

chayote

See also

(not to be confused with) 佛手 (fóshǒu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fóshǒuguā

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹
Min Nan (POJ): hu̍t-chhiú-koe / hu̍t-chhiú-koa / pu̍t-chhiú-koe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fóshǒuguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshoougua
  - IPA ^(key): /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fat⁶ sau² gwaa¹
  - Yale: faht sáu gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹ sau² gwaa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚² sɐu̯³⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koe
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koef
  - IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koa
  - Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chhiú-koe
  - Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tshiú-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pudchiw'koef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/