煲冬瓜

Chinese
pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat
 
winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd
winter melon; ash gourd; wax gourd; tallow gourd
trad. (煲冬瓜) 煲 冬瓜
simp. #(煲冬瓜) 煲 冬瓜
Literally: “to make winter melon soup”.

Etymology

Similar-sounding pun on 普通話／普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

Noun

煲冬瓜

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 煲 (bāo),‎ 冬瓜 (dōngguā).
  2. (Cantonese, humorous) Mandarin Chinese, especially when spoken with a heavy Cantonese accent
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