瓜 (guā): melon, gourd, squash, (slang) a piece of gossip
瓜 (guā) is a Chinese character meaning “melon.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厶 (structural). It ranks #1810 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 瓜 vines growing with a melon at their base. Its radical form 瓜 (melon) appears in many related characters such as 瓣 (bàn, petal).
Definitions
- melon
- gourd
- squash
- (slang) a piece of gossip
Etymology & Origin
pictographicVines growing with a melon at their base
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 瓜
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot |
| 南瓜 | nán guā | pumpkin |
| 瓜葛 | guā gé | connection |
| 尼加拉瓜 | ní jiā lā guā | Nicaragua |
| 脑瓜 | nǎo guā | skull |
| 顺藤摸瓜 | shùn téng mō guā | lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon |
| 木瓜 | mù guā | papaya (Carica papaya) |
| 甜瓜 | tián guā | muskmelon |
| 哈密瓜 | hā mì guā | Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) |
| 酸黄瓜 | suān huáng guā | pickle |
| 苦瓜 | kǔ guā | bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) |
| 瓜分 | guā fēn | to partition |
| 厄瓜多尔 | è guā duō ěr | Ecuador |
| 瓜子 | guā zǐ | melon seed |
瓜 appears in 100 compound words: 23 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 瓜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (16)
Antigua (the largest island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Caribbean)
things naturally succeed once a suitable time has arrived and conditions are met
a position that invites suspicion; suspicious circumstances or surroundings
to follow the clues to get to the bottom of a matter or to thoroughly inquire into a matter
things naturally succeed once a suitable time has arrived and conditions are met
to follow the clues to get to the bottom of a matter or to thoroughly inquire into a matter
Showing 12 of 16 idioms containing 瓜.
Example Sentences
老师教我们瓜字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men guā zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "瓜."
火鹤花田改种洋香瓜 父亲鼓励8年级生姊妹“不务正业”
huǒ hè huā tián gǎi zhǒng yáng xiāng guā fù qīn gǔ lì 8 nián jí shēng 姊 mèi bù wù zhèng yè
Fire Crane Flower Field Changed to Cantaloupe Father Encouraged 8th Grade Sisters to "Not Do Their Job"
哥伦比亚对厄瓜多商品征收30%关税 贸易争端升级
gē lún bǐ yà duì è guā duō shāng pǐn zhēng shōu 3 0 guān shuì mào yì zhēng duān shēng jí
Colombia imposes 30% tariff on Ecuadorian goods as trade dispute escalates
...身水耕农场 吉新文英成功种出日本网纹哈密瓜
. . . shēn shuǐ gēng nóng chǎng jí xīn wén yīng chéng gōng zhǒng chū rì běn wǎng wén hā mì guā
... Hydroponic farm Ji Xin Wenying successfully planted Japanese reticulated cantaloupe
胡瓜大年初六当财神爷! 9999元高额奖金大...
hú guā dà nián chū liù dāng cái shén yé ! 9 9 9 9 yuán gāo é jiǎng jīn dà . . .
Hugua is the god of wealth on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year! 9999 yuan high bonus...
大年初六发钱了!胡瓜豪撒“9999元”大红包 民众掷圣筊手软...
dà nián chū liù fā qián le ! hú guā háo sā 9 9 9 9 yuán dà hóng bāo mín zhòng zhì shèng 筊 shǒu ruǎn . . .
The money was paid on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year! Hugua Haosa "9999 yuan" big red envelope The people threw the holy bamboo flute softly...
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。
Zhòng guā dé guā, zhòng dòu dé dòu.
You reap what you sow.
你认为我把自己当傻瓜？
Nǐ rènwéi wǒ bǎ zìjǐ dāng shǎguā?
Do you think I think of myself as an idiot?
你买了一个哈密瓜？
Nǐ mǎi le yī gè hāmìguā?
Have you bought a cantaloupe?
您真的点了地瓜片来搭配素食汉堡吗？
Nín zhēn de diǎn le dìguā piàn lái dāpèi sùshí hànbǎo ma?
Did you really order sweet potato fries to go with your veggie burger?
Character Family
瓜 Radical Family — Characters sharing the melon radical
Related Characters
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