吃瓜

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (吃瓜)		吃	瓜
simp. ^#(吃瓜)		吃	瓜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīguā

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄍㄨㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīguā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄍㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihgua
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-kua¹
  - Yale: chr̄-gwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chygua
  - Palladius: чигуа (čigua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/

Verb

吃⫽瓜 (verb-object) (intransitive)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 吃,‎ 瓜 (guā).
(figurative, neologism, slang) to be a mere bystander or onlooker

Synonyms

看熱鬧／看热闹 (kàn rènao)
(Hong Kong Cantonese) 食花生

Derived terms

吃瓜群眾／吃瓜群众 (chīguā qúnzhòng)

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