# 菜瓜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): càiguā
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coi$^3$ gwaa$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhoi-kôa
    (Hailu, HRS): coi$^ˇ$ gua$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chái-guă
* Puxian Min (Putian, Pouseng Ping'ing): cai$^4$ gua$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhài-koe / chhài-koa
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshe-ko
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: càiguā
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: càigua
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻai$^4$-kua$^1$
*** Yale: tsài-gwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaygua
*** Palladius: цайгуа (cajgua)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coi$^3$ gwaa$^1$
*** Yale: choi gwā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi$^3$ gwaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: coi$^3$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ kʷaː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi-kôa
*** Hakka Romanization System: coi gua$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: coi$^4$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯a²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: coi$^ˇ$ gua$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoi¹¹ kua⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chái-guă
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai²¹³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$ua⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cai$^4$ gua$^1$ [Phonetic: cai$^1$ ua$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰai⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$ua⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tong'an, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-koe
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'koef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /t͡sʰai¹¹²⁻⁴² kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kue³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kue⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhài-koa
*** Tâi-lô: tshài-kua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhae'koaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kua⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshe-ko
*** MiniDict: tshe$^去$ ko
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshe-ko
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰe³³ ko⁴⁴/

### Noun

菜瓜
* snake melon
* (Eastern Min, Jinjiang Hokkien) cucumber
* (Southern Min, Puxian Min, Taiwanese Hakka) smooth loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca) (Classifier: 叢／丛 mn; 條／条 mn)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 菜瓜, 越瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 地黃瓜, 菜瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 菜瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 菜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 菜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 菜瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 菜瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 菜瓜, 梨瓜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 菜瓜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 腌瓜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 菜瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 菜瓜, 生瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 菜瓜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 菜瓜, 生瓜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 菜瓜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 菜瓜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 菜瓜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 菜瓜 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 胡瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 黃瓜, 胡瓜 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 黃瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 黃瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黃瓜, 刺黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 黃瓜, 梢瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanchi | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Guyuan | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Longde | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jingyuan | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 黃瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Wuzhong | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Zhongwei | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 黃瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 黃瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 黃瓜 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 菜瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 青瓜, 黃瓜, 沙瓜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 青瓜, 梢瓜 not prickly, 𠢠瓜 prickly |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 黃瓜, 青瓜 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 青瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 黃瓜 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 青瓜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 黃瓜 |
| Gan | Pengze | 黃瓜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 胡瓜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 𠢠瓜 |
| Gan | Jianning | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 青瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 青瓜 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 𠢠瓜哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 𠢠瓜哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Raoping (Xinfeng) | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Changting | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 黃瓜, 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 瓜子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 黃瓜, 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 𠢠瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黃瓜仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黃瓜仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 黃瓜仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𠢠瓜, 黃皮瓜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 梨仔瓜 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 黃瓜 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 青瓜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 吊瓜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 青瓜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 攙瓜 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 黃瓜 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 黃瓜兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Datong | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Jining | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Baotou | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Handan | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Jin | Suide | 黃瓜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 香瓜 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 𠢠瓜 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 𠢠瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 菜瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 菜瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 刺瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 菜瓜, 消瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 刺瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 刺瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 刺瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 刺瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 刺瓜仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | timun |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 吊瓜, 刺瓜, timun |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 菜瓜, 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 青瓜 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 黃瓜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 吊瓜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 吊瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 吊瓜 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 吊瓜 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 吊瓜, 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 黃瓜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 吊瓜 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 吊瓜, timun |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 吊瓜, timun |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 刺瓜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 青瓜, 金瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 黃瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 香瓜 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 𠢠瓜 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 𠢠瓜 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 𠢠瓜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 黃瓜 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Changshu | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Liyang | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Yixing | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Danyang | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 黃瓜兒 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 付黃瓜 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黃瓜, 刺瓜兒 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 黃瓜 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 刺瓜 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 黃瓜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 黃瓜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 黃瓜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 黃瓜 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 𠢠瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 𠢠瓜, 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 𠢠瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 黃瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 黃瓜, 水瓜 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 黃瓜 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 絲瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 絲瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 絲瓜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 絲瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 絲瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 絲瓜, 攪瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 絲瓜子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 絲瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 絲瓜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 絲瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 絲瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 絲瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 絲瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 水瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 水瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 絲瓜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 絲瓜子, 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 水瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 水瓜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 絲瓜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滯瓜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 水瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 念瓜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 絲瓜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 絲瓜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 絲瓜子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𰱗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 𰱗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𰱗瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 𰱗 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 鼎𰱗 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 禮瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𰱗瓜 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 藤蘿 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 藤蘿 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蘿瓜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鼠瓜 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 鼠瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鼠瓜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 絲瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 菜瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 菜瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 埕瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 菜瓜 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 菜瓜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 水瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 絲瓜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 絲瓜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 絲瓜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 絲瓜兒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 天羅瓜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 天羅 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 絲瓜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 絲瓜 |

#### Derived terms

* 澎湖菜瓜
* 菜瓜摖
* 菜瓜蒲

### Adjective

菜瓜
* (Luoyang Mandarin) incompetent; lacking ability
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) stupid; clumsy; awkward

#### Synonyms

* 梢跤 (Hokkien)
* 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Hokkien)
* 梢蹬 (Hokkien)
* 無能／无能 (wúnéng)
* 覆地虎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 跤梢 (Hokkien)
* 鴨味／鸭味 (Hokkien)
* (stupid):
* 呆
* 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
* 呆痴 (dāichī)
* 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 𡳞鳥面／𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 愚戇／愚戆 (Hokkien)
* 愚昧 (yúmèi)
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
* 愚鈍／愚钝 (yúdùn)
* 拙 (zhuō) (literary, or in compounds)
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 撚樣／撚样 (lan$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese, vulgar)
* 暗昧 (ànmèi)
* 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
* 海鱟／海鲎 (Hokkien)
* 混鈍／混钝 (Hokkien)
* 痴呆
* 發踱／发踱 ($^7$faq $^8$doq) (Wu)
* 笨 (bèn)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨車車／笨车车 (Hokkien)
* 臭笨 (Hokkien)
* 蠢 (chǔn)
* 蠢氣／蠢气 (qyn$^3$ qi$^4$) (Xiang)
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
* 袋屎 (Hokkien)
* 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
* 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 遲鈍／迟钝 (chídùn)
* 阿西 (Hokkien)
* 頇顢／顸颟 (Hokkien)
* 鱟／鲎 (Hokkien)
* 鳩拙／鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 笨, 愚笨, 愚蠢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 笨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 笨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 笨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 悶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 笨, 蠢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 笨, 蠢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 笨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 笨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蠢, 笨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 吽, 塞督, 塞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蠢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 笨, 蠢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 笨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 笨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 笨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 愚, 笨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 笨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 白仁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 笨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 呆, 笨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蠢 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蠢 |