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瓜子

瓜子

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	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. (瓜子)		瓜	子

Noun

瓜子

melon seed, or any other type of edible seed consumed as a snack (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
嗑瓜子 ― kè guāzǐ ― to eat melon seeds

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): ke-chí / koe-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāzǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzeel
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡sz̩əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ dzi²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-chí / koe-chí
  - Tâi-lô: ke-tsí / kue-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kecie, koecie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/, /kue³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/, /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/, /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/