Chinese

西瓜

xīguā
watermelon (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 c)
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 3

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Origin

So named after the melon species grown in western China. Replaced the previous etymon 菜瓜. The Xianbeiji (陷北記) (~950) records that the Khitans obtained it after defeating the Uyghurs

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Lineage

  • characterChinese西 “west; western; occidental”
  • characterChinese瓜 “melon; gourd; squash”

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