倭瓜

倭瓜

1. (dialectal, chiefly northern China) pumpkin

   • 又有兩三個丫頭在地下倒口袋裡的棗子倭瓜並些野菜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     又有两三个丫头在地下倒口袋里的枣子倭瓜并些野菜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Yòu yǒu liǎng sān ge yātou zài dìxia dào kǒudài li de zǎozi wōguā bìng xiē yěcài. [Pinyin]

     And there were two or three servant girls on the floor taking jujubes, pumpkins, and some wild herbs out from the sack.