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Character

瓜

guā HSK 3
瓜 guā HSK 3
  • 1. gourd or melon plant (vine with palmate leaves, typically yellow flowers, edible fruit; includes watermelon, pumpkin, winter melon, cucumber, etc.)
  • 2. something shaped like a gourd or melon
  • 3. a surname
Words using 瓜 as guā (6)
  • 1 西瓜 xī guā — watermelon HSK 3
    • 西 west (indicating the fruit's origin from the west)
    • 瓜 melon (the type of fruit)
    Example

    夏天我喜欢吃西瓜。

    xià tiān wǒ xǐ huan chī xī guā

    I like to eat watermelon in summer.

  • 2 黄瓜 huáng guā — cucumber HSK 5
    • 黄 yellow (referring to the color of overripe cucumbers)
    • 瓜 melon/gourd (indicating it belongs to the gourd family)
    Example

    这个黄瓜很新鲜。

    zhè ge huáng guā hěn xīn xiān

    This cucumber is very fresh.

  • 3 傻瓜 shǎ guā — fool HSK 7
    • 傻 foolish, silly, stupid
    • 瓜 colloquial suffix (literally 'melon') that softens the term
    Example

    别当傻瓜，要用脑子想一想。

    bié dāng shǎ guā yào yòng nǎo zi xiǎng yi xiǎng

    Don't be a fool, use your brain and think.

  • 4 南瓜 nán guā — pumpkin HSK 7
    • 南 south (indicating geographic origin or association)
    • 瓜 gourd, melon (the vegetable category)
    Example

    南瓜汤很好喝。

    nán guā tāng hěn hǎo hē

    Pumpkin soup is very delicious.

  • 5 瓜分 guā fēn — to carve up, to partition HSK 7
    • 瓜 melon (provides imagery of cutting/dividing into sections)
    • 分 to divide, to separate (provides the core action)
    Example

    列强瓜分了这个国家的领土。

    liè qiáng guā fēn le zhè ge guó jiā de lǐng tǔ

    The great powers carved up this country's territory.

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  • 6 瓜子 guā zǐ — melon seeds HSK 7
    • 瓜 melon/gourd (the plant source)
    • 子 seed
    Example

    我们一边看电视，一边嗑瓜子。

    wǒ men yì biān kàn diàn shì yì biān kè guā zǐ

    We watch TV while cracking melon seeds.

Structure & writing
瓜 guā — gourd or melon plant (vine with palmate leaves, typically yellow flowers, edible fruit; includes watermelon, pumpkin, winter melon, cucumber, etc.)
瓜 is a component in 3 characters
HSK 6
孤 gū orphaned in childhood; later also referring to having lost both parents
HSK 7
狐 hú fox (a mammal with a pointed snout, triangular ears, and a bushy tail, typically reddish-yellow in colour; commonly called 狐狸) 瓣 bàn petal, one of the segments forming a corolla

瓜 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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