瓜 (gwaa1 | gua1) : gourd; melon

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瓜

gwaa1

gua1

[1] gourd; melon; cucumber
[2] [粵] [slang] die

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 瓜 (#97)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

瓜

Don't confuse with:
爪

This word has been viewed 19525 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Jun 2010 04:00

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西瓜 sai1 gwaa1 xi1 gua1 = watermelon

黃瓜 wong4 gwaa1 huang2 gua5 = cucumber

青瓜 ceng1 gwaa1 = cucumber 粵

木瓜 muk6 gwaa1 = papaya; paw paw

矮瓜 ai2 gwaa1 = eggplant 粵

南瓜 naam4 gwaa1 nan2 gua1 = pumpkin

冬瓜 dung1 gwaa1 dong1 gua1 = wax gourd; wintermelon

瓜子 gwaa1 zi2 gua1 zi3 = melon seeds

茄瓜 ke4 gwaa1 qie2 gua1 = eggplant 粵

西瓜刀 sai1 gwaa1 dou1 xi1 gua1 dao1 = a kind of long and thin knife 粵
See all 89 compounds (CantoDict reports 91 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 瓜

我很喜歡喝西瓜汁。國
I like to drink watermelon juice.

國王認為他是傻瓜國
The king believed he was a fool.
[ie: another man was a fool, not the king!]

啲西瓜倒瓤咯！粵
The water melons are overly ripe (and spoilt)!

呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 瓜
Unicode code for this character: U+74dc (off-site link)

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