木瓜

木瓜

1. Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) or plants in the genus Chaenomeles

   • 投我以木瓜、
     報之以瓊琚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     投我以木瓜、
     报之以琼琚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tóu wǒ yǐ mùguā,
     Bào zhī yǐ qióngjū. [Pinyin]

     There was presented to me a quince,
     And I returned for it a beautiful red-jade pendant.

   1. Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
2. papaya (Carica papaya)
3. (figurative) one who is slow in understanding or reacting

   愛情木瓜／爱情木瓜  ―  àiqíng mùguā  ―  A Fool In Love [song name]

• (Chinese quince): 榠楂 (míngzhā)
• (papaya):

Others:

• → Zhuang: moeggva

• (Tokyo) ボケ [bóꜜkè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ke̞]

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ke̞]

• (Tokyo) ぼっか [bóꜜkkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞k̚ka̠]

木瓜(ぼけ) or 木瓜(ボケ) • (boke)  (alternative reading hiragana もけ, rōmaji moke) (alternative reading hiragana ぼっか, rōmaji bokka, historical hiragana ぼくくわ)

1. Chaenomeles speciosa

• (Tokyo) もっか [móꜜkkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚ka̠]

木(もっ)瓜(か) • (mokka) ^{←もくくわ (mokukwa)?}

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia sinensis
2. papaya

• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːɾʲi]

木瓜(きゅうり) or 木瓜(キュウリ) • (kyūri) 

1. alternative form of 胡瓜

• (Tokyo) もっこー [mòkkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) もっこー [móꜜkkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚ko̞ː]

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ko̞ː]

木瓜(もっこう) • (mokkō) ^{←もくかう (mokukau)?} (alternative reading hiragana もこう, rōmaji mokō, historical hiragana もかう)

1. synonym of バイカアマチャ, 梅花甘茶 (Platycrater arguta)
2. short for 木瓜紋

木瓜

1. chữ Hán form of mộc qua (“quince”)