# 矮仔冬瓜
## Chinese

| | | short person; small person | winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourdwinter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd |
| trad. (矮仔冬瓜) | trad. (矮仔冬瓜) | 矮仔 | 冬瓜 |
| simp. $^#$(矮仔冬瓜) | simp. $^#$(矮仔冬瓜) | 矮仔 | 冬瓜 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óe-á-tang-koe / é-á-tang-koa / é-á-tang-koe
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-á-tang-koe
*** Tâi-lô: ué-á-tang-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oefafdangkoef
*** IPA (Taipei): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-á-tang-koa
*** Tâi-lô: é-á-tang-kua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: efafdangkoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kua⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-á-tang-koe
*** Tâi-lô: é-á-tang-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: efafdangkoef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /e⁵³⁻⁵⁵ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kue⁴⁴/

### Noun

矮仔冬瓜
* (Hokkien) short person; small person

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 矮子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 矬子, 矬弝子, 矬個兒, 矬地丁兒, 矬地丁, 矬地崩子, 矬地崩, 矬地炮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 矮子, 矮冬瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 矬子, 矬巴子, 小矬子, 小矬巴子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 矬子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 矬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 矬子漢兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 矬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 矬蛋蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 矬不當兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 矬漢, 矬子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 矬漢, 矬人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 矬子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 矬子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 矮𧰵𧰵, 矮短鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 矮底沰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 矮個子, 矮子棒兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 矮子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 矮仔, 矮仔嘜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 矮仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 矮仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 矮仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 矮仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 矮子, 矮子鬼 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 矮子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 矮子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 矮仔, 矮牯仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 矮牯子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 矮古董 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 矮古董, 矮古唧 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 矮古董 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 矮古董 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 矮古董 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 矮牯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 矮子, 矮八冬瓜, 矮八鬼 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 矮子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 矮仔, 矮伯, 矮伯仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 矮儂, 矮囝, 矮八, 矮八鬼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矮仔, 矮仔儂長, 矮仔冬瓜, 矮奴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 矮仔, 矮奴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 矮仔, 矮仔儂長, 矮仔冬瓜, 矮仔籠床 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 矮仔冬瓜, 矮仔杜鱉, 矮仔財 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 矮囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 矮囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妃矮 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 矮囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 矮佬, 矮崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 矮子, 短拖 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 矮子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 矮子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 矮子, 矮冬瓜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 矮子, 矮冬瓜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 矮儂兒, 矮兒, 矮頹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 矮子, 矮雀蒲兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 矮子鬼兒, 矮膊槌 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 矮子, 矮子牯 |