破瓜 in Chinese

IPA: /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: pòguā [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄆㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄚ [Mandarin, bopomofo], pòguā [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], pògua [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pʻo⁴-kua¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], pwò-gwā [Mandarin, Yale], pohgua [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], погуа [Mandarin, Palladius], pogua [Mandarin, Palladius] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: The shape of the character 瓜 can be decomposed into two 八 (“eight”), thus “breaking 瓜” is used to euphemistically refer to reaching the age of 8+8 (=16) for girls, and 8×8 (=64) for men. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*瓜}} 瓜, {{zh-l|*八|eight}} 八 (“eight”), {{lang|zh|瓜}} 瓜 Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 破瓜

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    {
      "ipa": "/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/"
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  "word": "破瓜"
}

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