# 絲瓜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sīguā
       (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄍㄨㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^1$ gua$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ gwaa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'si$^1$ gua$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): si$^1$ gua$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): si$^1$ gua$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sy-ko
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sr$^1$ gua$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sīguā
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄍㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sihgua
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$-kua$^1$
*** Yale: sz̄-gwā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sygua
*** Palladius: сыгуа (sygua)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sgua
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ kua⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ gwaa$^1$
*** Yale: sī gwā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ gwaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'si$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈsz̩⁴² kua⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: si$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴ kua⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: si$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sz̩¹¹ kua¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sy-ko
*** MiniDict: sy$^平$ ko
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$sr-ko
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵⁵ ko²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: sr$^1$ gua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩³³ ku̯a̠³³/

### Noun

絲瓜
* loofah
** (Cantonese, Hakka, Guangxi Mandarin) specifically Chinese okra (Luffa acutangula)

#### Synonyms

| 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 | Pengze | 網瓜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 紡線 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 滯瓜 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 滯瓜 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 水瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 滯瓜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 秋瓜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi (Huizhai) | 水瓜 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Meilin) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Nanjing (Tianluokeng, Shuyang) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Changting | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 薍薺 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Laiyuan) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 南瓜 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 亂絲 |
| 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 | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | timun |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 秋瓜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 秋瓜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 薍薺 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 絲瓜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 絲瓜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 絲瓜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 天蘿 |
| Northern Min | Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) | 天蘿 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 藤蘿 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 藤蘿 |
| Northern Min | Shunchang (Yangdun) | 蔓瓜 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 布瓜 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 天蘿 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 藤蘿 |
| 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 | 天蘿瓜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 天蘿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 絲瓜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 絲瓜 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 絲瓜子 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 稜角絲瓜 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 稜角絲瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 澎湖絲瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 絲瓜, 八稜瓜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 絲瓜, 勝瓜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 絲瓜 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 絲瓜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 角瓜 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 角瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 角瓜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 澎湖個菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 十捻瓜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 菜瓜, 十捻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 澎湖菜瓜, 十捻 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 澎湖菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 角瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 割溝菜瓜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 割溝菜瓜 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 絲瓜 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 八稜瓜 |

#### Derived terms

* 絲瓜蘚 / 丝瓜藓 (sīguā xiǎn)