# 埕瓜
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): diaⁿ$^2$ gua$^1$
* Puxian Min
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: diaⁿ$^2$ gua$^1$ [Phonetic: diaⁿ$^5$ ua$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tĩã¹³⁻²¹ $^{(k-)}$ua⁵³³/

### Noun

埕瓜
* (Xianyou Puxian Min) loofah

#### 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 埕瓜布
* 埕瓜推

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “埕瓜”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 148.