毛瓜 in Chinese

IPA: /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/, /mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: máoguā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ gwaa¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], máoguā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], máogua [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], mao²-kua¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], máu-gwā [Mandarin, Yale], maugua [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], маогуа [Mandarin, Palladius], maogua [Mandarin, Palladius], mòuh gwā [Cantonese, Yale], mou⁴ gwaa¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mou⁴ gua¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Named for its fuzziness. Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 毛瓜

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{
  "etymology_text": "Named for its fuzziness.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "毛瓜",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hairy gourd; fuzzy melon (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua)"
      ],
      "id": "en-毛瓜-zh-noun-t83iE~IB",
      "links": [
        [
          "fuzzy melon",
          "fuzzy melon"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "dōngguā",
          "word": "冬瓜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiànánguā",
          "word": "夏南瓜"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jiéguā",
          "word": "節瓜／节瓜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéguā",
          "word": "節瓜"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéguā",
          "word": "节瓜"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máoguā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gwaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máoguā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máogua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mao²-kua¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máu-gwā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maugua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "маогуа"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maogua"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gwā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gwaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gua¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "毛瓜"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Named for its fuzziness.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "毛瓜",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "dōngguā",
      "word": "冬瓜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànánguā",
      "word": "夏南瓜"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (variety)",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hairy gourd; fuzzy melon (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fuzzy melon",
          "fuzzy melon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máoguā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gwaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máoguā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máogua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mao²-kua¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "máu-gwā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maugua"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "маогуа"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maogua"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mòuh gwā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gwaa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mou⁴ gua¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mou̯²¹ kʷaː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiéguā",
      "word": "節瓜／节瓜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéguā",
      "word": "節瓜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéguā",
      "word": "节瓜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "毛瓜"
}

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"毛瓜" meaning in Chinese

Noun