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guā
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. melon
  2. 2. gourd
  3. 3. squash

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 4645853)

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Words Containing 瓜

拍黄瓜
pāi huáng guā

smashed cucumber salad

王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

矮瓜
ǎi guā

eggplant (Cantonese)

瓜子脸
guā zǐ liǎn

oval face

尼加拉瓜
ní jiā lā guā

Nicaragua

倭瓜
wō guā

(dialect) pumpkin

阿空加瓜
ā kōng jiā guā

Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas

瓜菜
guā cài

fruit and vegetables

黄瓜
huáng guā

cucumber

苦瓜
kǔ guā

bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)

种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu

lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.

白兰瓜
bái lán guā

honeydew melon

瓜达尔港
guā dá ěr gǎng

Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

顺藤摸瓜
shùn téng mō guā

lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon

破瓜
pò guā

(of a girl) to lose one's virginity

越瓜
yuè guā

snake melon

脑瓜
nǎo guā

skull

意大利青瓜
yì dà lì qīng guā

zucchini

瓜德罗普
guā dé luó pǔ

Guadeloupe

小黄瓜
xiǎo huáng guā

gherkin

胡瓜鱼
hú guā yú

smelt (family Osmeridae)

瓜无滚圆,人无十全
guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán

no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)

瓜代
guā dài

a changeover of personnel

面瓜
miàn guā

(dialect) pumpkin

瓜达尔
guā dá ěr

Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

地瓜面
dì guā miàn

sweet potato or yam noodles

瓜分
guā fēn

to partition

瓜皮帽
guā pí mào

Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon

瓜拉丁加奴
guā lā dīng jiā nú

Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia

胡瓜
hú guā

cucumber

厄瓜多尔
è guā duō ěr

Ecuador

滚瓜溜圆
gǔn guā liū yuán

(of animals) round and fat

冬瓜
dōng guā

wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)

苦瓜脸
kǔ guā liǎn

sour expression on one's face

瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò

when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

瓜子
guā zǐ

melon seed

瓜拿纳
guā ná nà

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

笨瓜
bèn guā

fool

安提瓜和巴布达
ān tí guā hé bā bù dá

Antigua and Barbuda

哈蜜瓜
hā mì guā

Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)

瓜葛
guā gé

connection

吃瓜
chī guā

(neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it

强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián

lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)

酱瓜
jiàng guā

pickled cucumber

马那瓜
mǎ nà guā

Managua, capital of Nicaragua

安提瓜岛
ān tí guā dǎo

Antigua

雨女无瓜
yǔ nǚ wú guā

(neologism) (slang) it's none of your business (imitation of an accented pronunciation of 與你無關|与你无关[yǔ nǐ wú guān])

金瓜
jīn guā

pumpkin (Gymnopetalum chinense)

甜瓜
tián guā

muskmelon

吃瓜群众
chī guā qún zhòng

peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)

瓜脐
guā qí

the umbilicus of a melon

合掌瓜
hé zhǎng guā

see 佛手瓜[fó shǒu guā]

瓜州县
guā zhōu xiàn

Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu

机哩瓜拉
jī lī guā lā

(Taiwan) see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[jī li gū lū]

腌黄瓜
yān huáng guā

pickle

菜瓜
cài guā

snake melon

瓜达拉哈拉
guā dá lā hā lā

Guadalajara

麻瓜
má guā

Muggles (Harry Potter)

糖瓜
táng guā

malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神

瓜达拉马
guā dá lā mǎ

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

瓜农
guā nóng

melon farmer

瓜州
guā zhōu

Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

傻瓜
shǎ guā

idiot

瓠瓜
hù guā

bottle gourd

丝瓜
sī guā

luffa (loofah)

番木瓜
fān mù guā

papaya

瓜娃子
guā wá zi

(dialect) fool

木瓜
mù guā

papaya (Carica papaya)

海瓜子
hǎi guā zǐ

Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk)

傻瓜相机
shǎ guā xiàng jī

point-and-shoot camera

鱼翅瓜
yú chì guā

spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)

瓜达拉马山
guā dá lā mǎ shān

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

南瓜
nán guā

pumpkin

香瓜
xiāng guā

cantaloupe melon

哈密瓜
hā mì guā

Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)

瓜达卡纳尔岛
guā dá kǎ nà ěr dǎo

Guadalcanal Island

歪瓜裂枣
wāi guā liè zǎo

ugly

瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān

lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)

打瓜
dǎ guā

a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds

歪瓜劣枣
wāi guā liè zǎo

ugly

地瓜
dì guā

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

西瓜
xī guā

watermelon

老王卖瓜,自卖自夸
lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

脑瓜子
nǎo guā zi

see 腦瓜|脑瓜[nǎo guā]

蒲瓜
pú guā

white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)

瓜达卡纳尔战役
guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì

battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific

佛手瓜
fó shǒu guā

chayote (Sechium edule); choko; mirliton

滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú

lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently

阿空加瓜山
ā kōng jiā guā shān

Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere

番瓜
fān guā

(dialect) pumpkin

青瓜
qīng guā

cucumber

瓜果
guā guǒ

fruit (plural sense)

呆瓜
dāi guā

idiot

南瓜灯
nán guā dēng

jack-o'-lantern