Chinese symbol for “zucchini”
西葫芦
xī hú lu
Traditional: 西葫蘆
zucchini; courgette; baby marrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for zucchini is 西葫芦 (xī hú lu), defined as: zucchini; courgette; baby marrow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “zucchini”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 西葫芦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xī | east and west |
| 西部 | xī bù | western part |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 法西斯 | fǎ xī sī | fascist (loanword) |
| 葫芦 (葫蘆) | hú lu | calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist |
| 糖葫芦 (糖葫蘆) | táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 冰糖葫芦 (冰糖葫蘆) | bīng táng hú lu | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu |
| 芦苇 (蘆葦) | lú wěi | reed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “zucchini”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.