瓜

• 拼音: guā
• 汉字拆解: 瓜 = pictograph of a melon hanging from its vine with tendrils

含义

Melon; gourd. A general term for plants of the gourd family and their fruit.

A broad category word that appears in many compound nouns: 西瓜 (watermelon), 黄瓜 (cucumber), 南瓜 (pumpkin), 冬瓜 (winter melon). In modern internet slang, 吃瓜 (eating melon) means watching drama unfold as a bystander.

例句

1. 夏天吃西瓜最解渴了。
2. 市场上有各种各样的瓜。
3. 爷爷在院子里种了好几棵瓜。

用法指南

语境: food, agriculture

语气: casual

正确说法

• 这个瓜好甜啊！(This melon is so sweet!)
• 今年瓜的收成很好。(The melon harvest is very good this year.)

错误说法

• 我要买一个瓜果 (Redundant — 瓜 already means melon; 瓜果 is a collective noun meaning 'melons and fruits' as a category, not a single item to buy)

起源与历史

A pictograph of a melon hanging from its vine, with tendrils visible. One of the oldest Chinese characters for food plants, dating back to oracle bone inscriptions.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal