The Chinese word for cucumber is
黄瓜
huáng guā
Chinese Definition
| cucumber | |
| 1. 黄瓜 | |
| Components | |
| 黄 | |
| 1. Variant of 黃 | |
| 瓜 | |
| 1. melon; gourd; squash | |
| 西瓜 - watermelon | |
| 南瓜 - pumpkin | |
| 冬瓜 - winter melon | |
| 2. (Cantonese, slang) to die | |
| 3. (Mainland, slang) storyful news | |
| 今年 最大 的 瓜 - the most storyful news this year | |
| 4. (Singapore, colloquial) fellow; dude |
Translations for 瓜 and their definitions
| 黃瓜 | |
| 1. n. cucumber | |
| 2. n. (Hakka, Fengshun Shehua) pumpkin | |
| 3. n. (Puxian Min) (vern, yellow croaker) |
| 黄瓜 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 黃瓜 |
| 青瓜 | |
| 1. n. (regional, dialectal) cucumber |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
huáng guā
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