北瓜子

Chinese

pumpkin; a kind of watermelon
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (北瓜子) 北瓜 子
simp. #(北瓜子) 北瓜 子

Pronunciation

  • Gan (Wiktionary): 'bet6 gua1 zi3
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: 'bet6 gua1 zi3
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ˈpɛt̚⁵ kua⁴² t͡sz̩²¹³/

Noun

北瓜子

  1. (Gan) pumpkin seed; seed of the cucurbita

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 南瓜子 (“pumpkin seed”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 南瓜子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 倭瓜子兒
Cantonese Hong Kong 南瓜子
Gan Nanchang 北瓜子
Pengze 北瓜子
Wu Shanghai 南瓜子, 飯瓜子
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