煲冬瓜

Chinese

		pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	Benincasa hispida; winter melon; ash gourd Benincasa hispida; winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd
simp. and trad. (煲冬瓜)		煲	冬瓜
Literally: “to make winter melon soup”.

Etymology

Similar-sounding pun on 普通話／普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāodōngguā

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bāodōngguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baudonggua
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹
  - Yale: bōu dūng gwā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ dung¹ gwaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ dung¹ gua¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɑː⁵⁵/

Noun

煲冬瓜

(Cantonese, humorous) Mandarin Chinese, especially when spoken with a heavy Cantonese accent

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