木瓜

Chinese

tree; wood
 
melon; claw; gourd; squash
simp. and trad.
(木瓜)		 木 瓜

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 木 瓜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屋 (3) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 莫卜切 古華切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /muk̚/ /kˠua/
Pan
Wuyun		 /muk̚/ /kʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /muk̚/ /kua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /məwk̚/ /kwaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /muk̚/ /kua/
Wang
Li		 /muk̚/ /kwa/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /muk̚/ /kwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mù guā
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 木 瓜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mù guā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ muwk › ‹ kwæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.mˤok/ /*kʷˤra/
English tree, wood melon, gourd

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 木 瓜
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9327 4340
Phonetic
component		 木 瓜
Rime
group		 屋 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 木 瓜
Old
Chinese		 /*moːɡ/ /*kʷraː/

Noun

木瓜

  1. papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) or plants in the genus Chaenomeles
  3. (figuratively) one who is slow in understanding or reacting
    愛情木瓜 / 爱情木瓜  ―  àiqíng mùguā  ―  A Fool In Love [song name]

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 木瓜 (“papaya”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 番木瓜、木瓜
Taxonomic name 番木瓜
Mandarin Beijing 木瓜
Taiwan 木瓜
Liuzhou 木瓜
Cantonese Guangzhou 木瓜、萬壽果
Hong Kong 木瓜、萬壽果
Dongguan 萬壽果、木瓜
Taishan 木瓜
Gan Lichuan 木瓜
Pingxiang 木瓜
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 木瓜
Liudui (S. Sixian) 木瓜
Hsinchu (Hailu) 木瓜
Dongshi (Dabu) 木瓜
Zhuolan (Raoping) 木瓜
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 木瓜
Min Dong Fuzhou 木瓜
Fuqing 木瓜
Min Nan Xiamen 萬壽匏、奶匏、番匏
Quanzhou 萬壽匏、番匏
Taipei 木瓜
Kaohsiung 木瓜
Tainan 木瓜
Taichung 木瓜
Wuqi 木瓜
Hsinchu 木瓜
Taitung 木瓜
Lukang 木瓜
Yilan 木瓜
Magong 木瓜
Penang 木瓜
Singapore 奶瓜
Philippines (Manila) 木瓜
Shantou 奶瓜
Haifeng 木瓜
Pinghua Nanning 木瓜
Wu Shanghai 木瓜
Danyang 木瓜

Derived terms

  • 木瓜海棠
  • 木瓜牛奶
  • 木瓜紅／木瓜红
  • 木瓜酵素
  • 番木瓜
  • 花木瓜

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
木 瓜
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Irregular
Kanji in this term
木 瓜
ぼく > ぼっ
Grade: 1		 か
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [mo̞ke̞]

Noun

木瓜 (hiragana ぼけ, katakana ボケ, rōmaji boke) (alternative reading hiragana もけ, romaji moke) (alternative reading hiragana ぼっか, romaji bokka, historical hiragana ぼくくわ)

  1. Chaenomeles speciosa

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
木 瓜
もく > もっ
Grade: 1		 か
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

木瓜 (hiragana もっか, rōmaji mokka, historical hiragana もくくわ)

  1. fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia sinensis
  2. papaya

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
木 瓜
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːɾʲi]

Noun

木瓜 (hiragana きゅうり, katakana キュウリ, rōmaji kyūri)

  1. Alternative form of 胡瓜

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
木 瓜
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [mo̞ko̞ː]

Noun

木瓜 (hiragana もっこう, rōmaji mokkō, historical hiragana もくかう) (alternative reading hiragana もこう, romaji mokō, historical hiragana もかう)

  1. Synonym of バイカアマチャ
  2. Short for 木瓜紋.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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