合掌瓜
Chinese
| to put one's hands together to pray; to press one's palms together | melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (合掌瓜) | 合掌 | 瓜 | |
| simp. #(合掌瓜) | 合掌 | 瓜 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 佛手瓜 (“chayote”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜 |
| Chengdu | 土爾瓜 | |
| Guiyang | 捧瓜, 佛手瓜 | |
| Liuzhou | 佛手瓜 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 佛手瓜 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 合掌瓜 |
| Nanning | 佛手瓜 | |
| Nanning (Tanka) | 佛手瓜 | |
| Gan | Pengze | 佛手瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 香瓜 | |
| Wuhua (Changbu) | 香藤瓜 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 合掌瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 佛手瓜, 香櫞 |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜仔 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 香櫞 | |
| Kaohsiung | 香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 佛手瓜 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 | |
| Shantou | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 香櫞瓜 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佛手瓜 |
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