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西瓜
西瓜
Chinese
| west | melon; claw; gourd; squash
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simp. and trad. (西瓜) |
西 | 瓜 | |
| Literally: “western melon”. | |||
Noun
西瓜
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 西 | 瓜 |
| Grade: 2 | Jinmeiyō |
| Irregular | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 西瓜 (sej kwæ, literally “west + melon”). Compare modern Mandarin 西瓜 (xīguā, “watermelon”). sui is the 唐音 of 西. There is an alternative spelling of 水瓜, which may be seen as both ateji and a calque of English watermelon.
Pronunciation
Noun
西瓜 (hiragana すいか, katakana スイカ, romaji suika, historical hiragana すいくわ)
Derived terms
Derived terms
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References
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî-kôa
- Min Dong (BUC): să̤-guă
- Min Nan (POJ): si-koe / se-koe / si-koa / sai-koe
- Wu (Wiktionary): xi ko (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shigua
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sai1 gwaa1
- Yale: sāi gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1 gwaa1
- IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhai1 ga1
- IPA (key): /ɬai³³ ka³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî-kôa
- Hakka Romanization System: xi´ gua´
- Hagfa Pinyim: xi1 gua1
- IPA: /ɕi²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯a²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: să̤-guă
- IPA (key): /sɛ⁵⁵ (k-)ua⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-koe
- Tâi-lô: si-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: si'koef
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi³³ kue³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-koe
- Tâi-lô: se-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: se'koef
- IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ kue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si-koa
- Tâi-lô: si-kua
- Phofsit Daibuun: si'koaf
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: rare in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sai-koe
- Tâi-lô: sai-kue
- Phofsit Daibuun: sai'koef
- IPA (Taipei): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /saɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Lukang)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xi ko (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ko²¹/
- (Shanghainese)