瓜 gwaa¹ {guā}

(verb) die

瓜 gwaa¹ {guā}

1. melon
2. gourd
3. squash

瓜柴 gwaa¹ caai⁴ {guā chái}

(adjective) dead; passed away

瓜得 gwaa¹ dak¹ {guā de}

ready to die; die soon (spoken)

瓜仁 gwaa¹ jan⁴ {guā rén}

edible part of a melon seed

瓜洲 gwaa¹ zau¹ {guā zhōu}

Guazhou, a county in China

瓜籽 gwaa¹ zi² {guā zǐ}

melon seeds, a snack

瓜子 gwaa¹ zi² {guāzǐ}

(noun) Refer to oval face, which is a shape of face "瓜子臉"

瓜直 gwaa¹ zik⁶ {guā zhí}

died or passed away; (someone is going to be) doomed for sure; to suffer a big loss of capital

瓜咗 gwaa¹ zo² {guā zuo}

dead (spoken)

瓜臍〔-脐〕 gwaa¹ ci⁴ {guā qí}

the umbilicus of a melon

瓜菜 gwaa¹ coi³ {guā cài}

fruit and vegetables

瓜蒂 gwaa¹ dai³ {guā dì}

stem or pedicel of a melon

瓜代 gwaa¹ doi⁶ {guā dài}

1. a change-over of personnel
2. a new shift
3. lit. replacement for soldier on leave for the melon picking season

瓜分 gwaa¹ fan¹ {guā fēn}

1. to partition
2. to divide up

瓜葛 gwaa¹ got³ {guā gé}

1. intertwined (as melon and vine plants)
2. interconnected
3. association (of two things)

瓜果 gwaa¹ gwo² {guā guǒ}

1. fruit (plural sense)
2. melons and fruit

瓜農〔-农〕 gwaa¹ nung⁴ {guā nóng}

melon farmer

瓜州 gwaa¹ zau¹ {Guā zhōu}

Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

瓜子 gwaa¹ zi² {guā zǐ}

melon seeds

瓜老襯〔--衬〕 gwaa¹ lou⁵ can³ {guā lǎo chèn}

(adjective) dead; passed away; (verb) totally messed up; totaled; fell through; ruined; wrecked; failed

瓜子菜 gwaa¹ zi² coi³ {guā zǐ cài}

Common Purslane, a plant used mainly for Chinese medicine

瓜達爾〔-达尔〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ ji⁵ {Guā dá ěr}

Gwadar, free trade port city in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

瓜拿納〔--纳〕 gwaa¹ naa⁴ naap⁶ {guā ná nà}

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

瓜皮帽 gwaa¹ pei⁴ mou² {guā pí mào}

Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon

瓜州縣〔--县〕 gwaa¹ zau¹ jyun⁶ {Guā zhōu xiàn}

Guazhou county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

瓜子臉〔--脸〕 gwaa¹ zi² lim⁵ {guā zǐ liǎn}

oval face

瓜剖豆分 gwaa¹ fau² dau² fan¹ {guā pōu dòu fēn}

to be divided

瓜子口面 gwaa¹ zi² hau² min⁶ {guā zi kǒu miàn}

(noun) Oval-shaped face

瓜達爾港〔-达尔-〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ ji⁵ gong² {Guā dá ěr Gǎng}

Gwadar Port on Arabian Sea in Pakistani province of Baluchistan

瓜達拉馬〔-达-马〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ laai¹ maa⁵ {Guā dá lā mǎ}

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

瓜德羅普〔--罗-〕 gwaa¹ dak¹ lo⁴ pou² {Guā dé luó pǔ}

Guadeloupe

瓜地馬拉〔--马-〕 gwaa¹ dei⁶ maa⁵ laai¹ {Guā dì mǎ lā}

Guatemala (Tw)

瓜熟蒂落 gwaa¹ suk⁶ dai³ lok⁶ {guā shú dì luò}

when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

瓜田李下 gwaa¹ tin⁴ lei⁵ haa⁶ {guā tián lǐ xià}

abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠，李下不整冠

瓜達拉哈拉〔-达---〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ laai¹ haa¹ laai¹ {Guā dá lā hā lā}

Guadalajara

瓜達拉馬山〔-达-马-〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ laai¹ maa⁵ saan¹ {Guā dá lā mǎ shān}

Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)

瓜拉丁加奴 gwaa¹ laai¹ ding¹ gaa¹ nou⁴ {Guā lā Dīng jiā nú}

Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia

瓜達卡納爾島〔-达-纳尔岛〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ kaa¹ naap⁶ ji⁵ dou² {Guā dá kǎ nà ěr dǎo}

Guadalcanal Island

瓜達卡納爾戰役〔-达-纳尔战-〕 gwaa¹ daat⁶ kaa¹ naap⁶ ji⁵ zin³ jik⁶ {Guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì}

battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific

瓜無滾圓，人無十全〔-无滚圆--无--〕 gwaa¹ mou⁴ gwan² jyun⁴, jan⁴ mou⁴ sap⁶ cyun⁴ {guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán}

no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)

瓜田不納履，李下不整冠〔---纳-------〕 gwaa¹ tin⁴ bat¹ naap⁶ lei⁵, lei⁵ haa⁶ bat¹ zing² gun¹ {guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān}

1. lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
2. fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
3. innocent acts may be misconstrued