瓜
HSK 4freq #6211
Meanings
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- 1.melon; gourd; squash
- 2.(slang) a piece of gossip
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Wiktionary
- 1.melon; gourd; squash
- 2.storyful news
- 3.fellow; dude
- 4.a surname
- 5.to die
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) - a pictograph of a melon suspended by its vines. Etymology not clear (Schuessler, 2007). Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Hmong-Mien *klˠa (“cucumber”) (Ostapirat, 2016). Compare also Tibetan ཀུ་བ (ku ba, “gourd”), Burmese သခွား (sa.hkwa:, “cucumber”) (Luce, 1981).
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
它们是瓜。
They are melons.
你个呆瓜！
You're an idiot.
把瓜切成六等分。
Cut the melon into six equal pieces.
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