Pumpkin in Chinese (Mandarin): 南瓜 (nánguā)
南瓜
nánguā
pumpkin
- Simplified
- 南瓜
- Traditional
- 南瓜
- Pinyin
- nánguā
- Typed as
- nangua
Use it in a sentence
南瓜是橙色的。
The pumpkin is orange.
The characters in 南瓜
南
South.
9 strokes
瓜
Melon.
5 strokes
南瓜 is a "southern melon". A jack-o'-lantern is 南瓜灯 (nánguā dēng), a "pumpkin lamp".
More examples with 南瓜
南瓜很大。
Nánguā hěn dà.
The pumpkin is big.
我们做南瓜灯。
我們做南瓜燈。
Wǒmen zuò nánguā dēng.
We make a jack-o'-lantern.
How to write 南瓜 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
南 9 strokes
瓜 5 strokes
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