# 佛手瓜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fóshǒuguā
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fat$^6$ sau$^2$ gwaa$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu̍t-chhiú-koe / pu̍t-chhiú-koe / hu̍t-siú-koe / hu̍t-chhiú-koa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fóshǒuguā
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄛˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fóshǒugua
*** Wade–Giles: fo$^2$-shou$^3$-kua$^1$
*** Yale: fwó-shǒu-gwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: forshoougua
*** Palladius: фошоугуа (fošougua)
*** Sinological IPA : /fu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fat$^6$ sau$^2$ gwaa$^1$
*** Yale: faht sáu gwā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fat$^9$ sau$^2$ gwaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fed$^6$ seo$^2$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɐt̚² sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koe
*** Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hut̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t-chhiú-koe
*** Tâi-lô: pu̍t-tshiú-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pudchiw'koef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /put̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /put̚⁴³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiu⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-siú-koe
*** Tâi-lô: hu̍t-siú-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hudsiw'koef
*** IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-chhiú-koa
*** Tâi-lô: hu̍t-tshiú-kua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hudchiw'koaf
*** IPA (Penang): /hut̚⁴⁻³ t͡sʰiu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ kua³³/

### Noun

佛手瓜
* chayote

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 佛手瓜, 合手瓜, 合掌瓜, 隼人瓜, 菜肴梨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 佛手瓜, 梨瓜, 隼人瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 土爾瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 捧瓜, 佛手瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 佛手瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 佛手瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 合掌瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 佛手瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 佛手瓜 |
| Gan | Pengze | 佛手瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 香瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 香藤瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 合掌瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 佛手瓜, 香櫞 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 香櫞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 香瓜, 吐舌瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 佛手瓜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 佛手瓜, 香瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佛手瓜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 香櫞瓜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 香櫞瓜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佛手瓜 |

#### See also

* (not to be confused with) 佛手 (fóshǒu)