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Pinyin guā
Radical
Strokes
5
Definition
melon / claw / gourd / squash
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瓜 [guā] 1. A creeping plant belonging to the gourd family; its fruit is edible. - A creeping plant, belonging to the gourd family; its fruit is edible: Western melon; winter melon; melon stem; partition (to divide like cutting a melon, as in "瓜分天下"); melon vine; melon substitute; melon plum (referring to a suspicious situation); melon child. 2. (Pictographic. The Xiao Zhuan character shape resembles melon vines on both sides with fruit in the middle, depicting the image of a melon born on a vine. The character "瓜" mostly relates to melons and fruits. It refers to a category of many species of creeping plants, whose fruits are also called melons.) 3. The same as the original meaning ([En.] melon; gourd). It belongs to the dicotyledonous family of gourds. 4. Referring to objects shaped like melons, such as decorations, ceremonial objects, or weapons ([En.] melon-like thing). 5. Gua Prefecture ([En.] Gua prefecture). 6. An ancient place name located in present-day Dunhuang County, Gansu Province. 7. Administrative center located east of present-day Anxi County, Gansu Province. 8. Guazhou, a town name ([En.] Gua town). Also called Guabu Zhou, located where the Grand Canal enters the Yangtze River in the southern part of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. 9. A variant of "蜗" (wō), meaning snail ([En.] snail). 10. To ripen ([En.] ripen). 11. To cut apart ([En.] cut apart). 引 (References) 1. From "Shijing · Bin Feng · July": "In July, we eat melons, and in August we harvest gourds." 2. From "Shijing Jizhu": "The large is called melon, the small is called di; melons in their early stages are often small." 3. From "Shijing · Daye · Mian": "Endless melons and di." 例 (Examples) - For example: melon field (田); melon irrigation (瓜润, melons grow more beautifully after irrigation); melon pulp (瓜瓤); melon flesh (瓜肉). 动 ([En.] Verb) - The fruit ripens ([En.] ripen). - To cut apart ([En.] cut apart). 引 (References) 1. From "Lunyu · Xiangdang": "Even if it is vegetarian food, vegetable soup, or melon offerings, they must be as complete as possible." 2. From "Zuo Tradition · Year 8 of Duke Zhuang": "The Duke of Qi sent Lian Cheng and Guan to the father’s army at Kuai Qiu during the ripening of melons." 例 (Examples) - For example: melon season (瓜期, the time period of melon replacement by another official); the season when melons ripen (瓜时). - To cut apart ([En.] cut apart). 引 (References) 1. From Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Han Gao Emperor Cuts the White Snake Rhapsody": "At that time, the melon was split into many pieces, and heroes emerged all around." 例 (Examples) - For example: melon dividing (瓜剖, dividing land, as in partitioning); melon split and bean division (瓜剖豆分, a metaphor for territory being occupied and divided, also written as "豆剖瓜分").
guā pí mào
Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
È guā duō ěr
Ecuador
dōng guā
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
shǎ guā
idiot / fool
wō guā
(dialect) pumpkin
gǔn guā làn shú
lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
guā fēn
to partition / to divide up
guā zǐ
melon seeds
西 xī guā
watermelon / CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4],個|个[ge5]
nán guā
pumpkin
huáng guā
cucumber / CL:條|条[tiao2]
guā guǒ
fruit (plural sense) / melons and fruit
guā gé
intertwined (as melon and vine plants) / interconnected / association (of two things)
Ní jiā lā guā
Nicaragua
mù guā
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
dì guā
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) / yam (family Dioscoreaceae)
tián guā
muskmelon
kǔ guā
bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
nǎo guā
skull / brain / head / mind / mentality / ideas
guā zǐ liǎn
oval face
Guā zhōu
Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
sī guā
luffa (loofah)
guā ráng
melon pulp
kǎn guā qiè cài
cut melons and cabbages -- very easy
chì guā jiāo
Chigua Jiao
guā yāng
melon seedling
sǔn guā
winter squash / true squash
guā zǐ
Melon seeds
西 wú zǐ xī guā
aspermous watermelon / seedless watermelon
西 xī guā zǐ
watermelon seeds
guā shú dì luò
when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
guā wàn
melon vine
shùn téng mō guā
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues

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