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瓜子

guā zǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

瓜子 (guā zǐ) means "melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 瓜子 means

1. melon seed
2. seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack

The characters in 瓜子

• 瓜guāmelon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 他们一边嗑瓜子，一边打牌。
  Tāmen yībiān kè guāzǐ, yībiān dǎpái.
  They eat sunflower seeds while playing cards.
• 他们一边嗑香瓜子，一边打牌。
  Tāmen yībiān kè xiāngguāzǐ, yībiān dǎpái.
  They eat sunflower seeds while playing cards.

Words starting with 瓜子

• 瓜子脸guā zǐ liǎnoval face

Words containing 瓜子

• 海瓜子hǎi guā zǐTellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk); any similar small clam
• 脑瓜子nǎo guā zisee 脑瓜

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