南 nán
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
南瓜
nánguā
pumpkin; squash
Characters in this word
瓜 guā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 瓜 — melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 农户把滞销的南瓜加工成速冻食品，反而打开了新的销路。 Nónghù bǎ zhìxiāo de nánguā jiāgōng chéng sùdòng shípǐn, fǎn'ér dǎkāi le xīn de xiāolù. Farmers processed unsold pumpkins into frozen food and unexpectedly opened up a new sales channel.
- 秋天到了，奶奶用南瓜煮了一锅粥。 Qiūtiān dào le, nǎinai yòng nánguā zhǔ le yì guō zhōu. Autumn has come, and grandma cooked a pot of porridge with pumpkin.
- 菜园里的南瓜又大又圆，够全家吃好几天。 Càiyuán lǐ de nánguā yòu dà yòu yuán, gòu quánjiā chī hǎo jǐ tiān. The pumpkins in the vegetable garden are big and round, enough for the whole family for several days.
Related words
- 南 nán south
- 南边 nánbian south side
- 东南 dōngnán southeast
- 南方 nánfāng the south
- 西南 xīnán southwest
- 南部 nánbù southern part
- 南北 nánběi north and south
- 南极 nánjí South Pole
- 南极洲 Nánjízhōu Antarctica
- 南美洲 Nánměizhōu South America
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 指南 zhǐnán guide; handbook; guidelines