瓠子
Chinese
| gourd | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓠子) | 瓠 | 子 | |
| simp. #(瓠子) | 瓠 | 子 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hùzi
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hùzi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hu4-tzŭ5
- Yale: hù-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh.tzy
- Palladius: хуцзы (xuczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wu6 zi2
- Yale: wuh jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: wu6 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: wu6 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wuː²² t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
瓠子
- a certain variety of Lagenaria siceraria whose fruit is long and slender and cylindrical in shape, and whose flowers are white and bloom at night
Synonyms
- 瓠瓜 (hùguā)
See also
Pronunciation 2
Noun
瓠子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 葫蘆 (“bottle gourd; calabash”) [map]