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Definition
Calabash or bottle gourd, a vegetable with pale green skin and white-green spots.
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How it's used
Most Hong Kongers refer to this vegetable as 葫蘆瓜 rather than 瓠瓜 in daily life. While 瓠瓜 is the standard name found in markets or written recipes, 葫蘆瓜 is the term you will hear in the wet market. It is a common ingredient in home-style Cantonese soups and stir-fries.
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Let's cook stir-fried calabash with garlic for dinner tonight.
How many calabashes did you buy and bring home?
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Common phrases
stir-fried calabash with garlic
calabash soup
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 節瓜, which is a smaller, fuzzy, and more common variety of gourd in Hong Kong cuisine. They have different textures and cooking times.
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Grammar guides
- TonesCantonese has six tones, and the tones can change in certain grammatical contexts. Learn the six tones and the rules for tone change.
- Time and datesClock time, days of the week, months, and years. The patterns you need to make plans and talk about when things happen.
- Modal verbsHow to say can, will, may, should, must, and want. The core modal verbs of Cantonese and the differences that trip up beginners.
