白瓜

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (白瓜)		白	瓜
simp. ^#(白瓜)		白	瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báiguā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ gwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báiguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báigua
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-kua¹
  - Yale: bái-gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairgua
  - Palladius: байгуа (bajgua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ gwaa¹
  - Yale: baahk gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ gua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² kʷaː⁵⁵/

Noun

白瓜

the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	瓜
しろ Grade: 1	うり Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 瓜(うり) (uri, “gourd, melon”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しろうり [shìróúrí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) しろうり [shìróꜜùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)瓜(うり) or 白瓜(シロウリ) • (shirouri)

the Oriental pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon
Synonyms: 青瓜 (aouri); 浅瓜 (asauri); 漬け瓜, 菜瓜 (tsukeuri)

Derived terms

白瓜(シロウリ)貝(ガイ) (shirourigai)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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