瓜子

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (瓜子)		瓜	子
variant forms		瓜籽 “seed”

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ zi²
Min Nan (POJ): koe-chí / ke-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāzǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄗˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guatzeel
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwā jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷäː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe-chí
  - Tâi-lô: kue-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koecie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue³³ t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-chí
  - Tâi-lô: ke-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kecie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴¹/

Noun

瓜子

melon seed (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
any edible seed consumed as a snack
嗑瓜子 ― kè guāzǐ ― to eat melon seeds

Derived terms

嗑瓜子
瓜子不大是人心
瓜子仁

瓜子殼／瓜子壳
瓜子臉／瓜子脸 (guāzǐliǎn)
瓜子金

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāzi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gua.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

瓜子

(obsolete, colloquial) strike with two fingers on someone's arm as a punishment
(obsolete or Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin) stupid person; idiot
(in compounds) A diminutive suffix for a round object, especially the head or the brain.

Derived terms

打瓜子
腦瓜子／脑瓜子

腦袋瓜子／脑袋瓜子 (nǎodaiguāzi)
鄉瓜子／乡瓜子

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