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Definition 2025

		dish (type of food); vegetables	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad. (菜瓜)		菜	瓜

菜瓜

菜瓜

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: càiguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaygua
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-kôa
  - Hakka Romanization System: coi gua´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: coi⁴ gua¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo̯i⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chái-guă
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ua⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'koef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kue³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaɪ¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁴¹ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-koa
  - Tâi-lô: tshài-kua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'koaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaɪ²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/