涼瓜

Chinese
cool; cold
 
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (涼瓜) 涼 瓜
simp. (凉瓜) 凉 瓜

Etymology

Refers to the "coldness" of the melon according to traditional Chinese medicine. Reportedly arising from taboo of mentioning the 苦 (fu2, “bitter; misery”) in 苦瓜 (fu2 gwaa1, “bitter melon”).

Pronunciation

Noun

涼瓜

  1. (Cantonese) bitter melon
    涼瓜炒牛肉／凉瓜炒牛肉 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng4 gwaa1 caau2 ngau4 juk6 [Jyutping]  ―  stir-fried beef with bitter melon

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 苦瓜 (“bitter melon”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 苦瓜
Taxonomic name 苦瓜
Mandarin Beijing 苦瓜
Taiwan 苦瓜
Langfang 苦瓜
Tangshan 癩不頭
Cangzhou 苦瓜
Baoding 苦瓜
Shijiazhuang 苦瓜
Daming 苦瓜
Harbin 苦瓜, 癩瓜
Shenyang 癩瓜
Jinan 苦瓜
Luoyang 苦瓜
Xi'an 苦瓜
Yinchuan 苦瓜
Lanzhou 苦瓜
Xining 苦瓜
Ürümqi 苦瓜
Wuhan 苦瓜
Chengdu 苦瓜
Guiyang 苦瓜
Guilin 苦瓜
Liuzhou 苦瓜
Xuzhou 苦瓜
Nanjing 癩葡萄, 苦瓜
Malaysia 苦瓜
Singapore 苦瓜
Cantonese Guangzhou 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 菩薘
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 苦瓜
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 菩薘
Taishan 苦瓜
Kaiping (Chikan) 涼瓜
Dongguan 苦瓜, 涼瓜, 菩薘
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 菩薘
Yangjiang 苦瓜
Nanning 苦瓜
Wuzhou 苦瓜
Yulin 苦瓜
Hepu (Lianzhou) 苦瓜
Gan Nanchang 苦瓜
Pengze 苦瓜
Lichuan 苦瓜
Pingxiang 苦瓜
Hakka Meixian 苦瓜
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 苦瓜
Yudu 苦瓜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 苦瓜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 苦瓜, 苦瓜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 苦瓜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 苦瓜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 苦瓜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 苦瓜
Hong Kong 苦瓜
Luchuan (Daqiao) 苦瓜
Jin Taiyuan 苦瓜
Zhangjiakou 苦瓜
Handan 苦瓜
Northern Min Jian'ou 苦瓜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 苦瓜
Fuqing 苦瓜
Southern Min Xiamen 苦瓜
Zhao'an 苦瓜
Tainan 苦瓜
Penang (Hokkien) 苦瓜
Singapore (Hokkien) 苦瓜
Zhangping (Yongfu) 苦瓜
Datian 苦瓜
Pingnan (Shangdu) 苦瓜
Haifeng 苦瓜
Haikou 苦瓜
Central Min Yong'an 苦瓜
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 菩督
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 苦瓜
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 苦瓜
Wu Shanghai 苦瓜
Suzhou 苦瓜
Danyang 癩葡萄瓜
Hangzhou 苦瓜
Ningbo 苦瓜
Wenzhou 紅瓤
Jinhua 苦瓜
Xiang Changsha 苦瓜
Loudi 苦瓜
Quanzhou 苦瓜
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