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南瓜子

南瓜子

Chinese

		pumpkin	child; son; (noun suff.) child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad. (南瓜子)		南瓜	子

Noun

南瓜子

The seed of the cucurbita. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to kill intestinal parasites.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nánguāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánguāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguatzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ gwaa¹ zi²
  - Yale: nàahm gwā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ gwaa¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ kʷɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/