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瓜 (guā)

guā

HSK level
HSK 2
Part of speech
Noun

Meanings

  1. melon, gourd (a type of plant)
  2. used to describe complex relationships or gossip, often in modern slang
  3. historically, used as a pictogram for climbing plants or gourds in ancient Chinese scripts
  4. in ancient texts, used as a homophone for '蜗' (snail)

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