甜瓜

Chinese

		sweet	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (甜瓜)		甜	瓜
simp. ^#(甜瓜)		甜	瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tiánguā

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тянгуа (ti͡angua, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ gwaa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): tie¹ gua¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiⁿ-koe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiánguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiángua
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien²-kua¹
  - Yale: tyán-gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyangua
  - Palladius: тяньгуа (tjanʹgua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тянгуа (ti͡angua, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴ kua⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tim⁴ gwaa¹
  - Yale: tìhm gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tie¹ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰie¹¹ kua¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tinn-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'koef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

Noun

甜瓜

muskmelon

Synonyms

蜜瓜 (mìguā)
香瓜 (xiāngguā)
(Hokkien) 芳瓜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
まくわ Hyōgai	うり Jinmeiyō
irregular	kun'yomi

Variant form of 真桑瓜. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), derived from the Chinese name for melons.

Noun

甜(まくわ)瓜(うり) • (makuwauri)

Oriental melon

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as マクワウリ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甜	瓜
てん Hyōgai	か Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Chinese 甜瓜 (tiánguā).

Noun

甜(てん)瓜(か) • (tenka)

melon
Oriental melon

References

“まくわうり.” Kōjien. 6th ed. 2008. Print.