瓜 guā — melon; gourd
瓜
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Related words
- 西瓜 watermelon
- 瓜子儿 melon seeds (as a snack)
- 傻瓜 fool; idiot
- 黄瓜 cucumber
- 瓜果 fruit (plural sense)
- 南瓜 pumpkin
- 瓜分 partition/divide up
- 冬瓜 wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)/white gourd/white hairy melon/Chine
- 瓜农 melon farmer
- 木瓜 flowering quince; papaya
- 甜瓜 muskmelon; sweet melon
- 瓜葛 connection; implication
- 苦瓜 bitter melon
- 顺藤摸瓜 to follow the vine to find the melon; to trace a clue to the source
- 瓜皮 a melon rind; used in 瓜皮船 / 瓜皮帽
- 哈密瓜 Hami melon; cantaloupe
- 丝瓜 loofah; sponge gourd
- 香瓜 cantaloupe melon
- 倭瓜 (dialect) pumpkin
- 脑袋瓜儿 head; mind (colloquial)