冬瓜 (dung1 gwaa1) — wax gourd; wintermelon in Cantonese
dungˉ¹冬gwaaˉ¹瓜Mandarin Pinyin: dong1 gua1
Meaning of 冬瓜
nounwax gourd; wintermelon
Example Sentences with 冬瓜
ngoˏ₅我haiˊ²喺douˍ₆度paauˊ²刨dungˉ¹冬gwaa1.瓜。
I'm peeling winter melon.
paauˊ²刨dungˉ¹冬gwaaˉ¹瓜houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fu2.苦。
Peeling winter melon is tiring.
bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我paauˊ²刨dungˉ¹冬gwaa1.瓜。
Help me peel the winter melon.
niˉ¹呢go˗₃個dungˉ¹冬gwaaˉ¹瓜dimˊ²點paau2?刨？
How do you peel this winter melon?
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好maanˍ₆慢paauˊ²刨dungˉ¹冬gwaa1.瓜。
He peels winter melon very slowly.
Characters in 冬瓜
Words Containing 冬瓜
刨冬瓜paau2 dung1 gwaa1
pun on the word Putonghua ( 普通話 )
大冬瓜daai6 dung1 gwaa1
a big, clumsy, useless person
糖冬瓜tong4 dung1 gwaa1
Sweetened winter melon
冬瓜豆腐dung1 gwaa1 dau6 fu6
an emergency or crisis such as death (lit., "winter melon and tofu"). Also 衫長褲短
倒瓤冬瓜dou2 nong4 dung1 gwaa1
one who has the looks or pretend to be knowledgable, but actually without substance
指冬瓜話葫蘆zi2 dung1 gwaa1 waa6 wu4 lou2
verb; literally: pointing at the winter melon but talk about gourd. It means abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else
冬瓜盅dung1 gwaa1 zung1
winter melon soup served in an urn
煲冬瓜bou1 dung1 gwaa1
a winter melon; pun on the word Putonghua (普通話)
有乜冬瓜豆腐jau5 me1 dung1 gwaa1 dau6 fu6
if anything unfortunate happens
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