苦瓜

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

苦瓜

Pronunciation

Noun

苦瓜

  1. bitter melon; bitter gourd

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (苦瓜):
  • → Korean: 고과(苦瓜) (gogwa)
  • → Vietnamese: khổ qua (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

Further reading

Japanese
Kanji in this term
苦 瓜
にが
Grade: 3		 うり
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

苦 (niga, “bitter”) +‎ 瓜 (uri, “gourd”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) にが​うり [nìgáꜜùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • (Tokyo) にがうり [nìgáúrí] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) にがう​り [nìgáúꜜrì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

苦(にが)瓜(うり) • (nigauri) 
(alternative reading hiragana にがごい, rōmaji nigagoi) (Kagoshima dialect)
(alternative reading hiragana にがごり, rōmaji nigagori) (Miyazaki dialect)

  1. bitter melon; bitter gourd

Synonyms

Okinawan
Kanji in this term
苦 瓜
Grade: 3 Jinmeiyō

Noun

苦瓜(ごーやー) (gōyā) 

  1. bitter melon; bitter gourd

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
苦瓜

Noun

苦瓜

  1. chữ Hán form of khổ qua (“bitter melon; bitter gourd”).
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