南瓜子

Chinese

pumpkin; winter squash
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (南瓜子) 南瓜
simp. #(南瓜子) 南瓜

Pronunciation


Noun

南瓜子

  1. The seed of the cucurbita. (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to kill intestinal parasites.)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ナン
Grade: 2
グア
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
ナングアズ

Etymology

From Mandarin 南瓜子 (nánguāzǐ)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ングアズ [náꜜǹgùàzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [nã̠ŋɡɯ̟ᵝa̠zɨᵝ]

Noun

(ナン)(グア)() • (nanguazu) 

  1. dried and flavoured pumpkin seeds, eaten as a snack

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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