| 白兰瓜 | bái lán guā | honeydew melon |
种瓜得瓜，
种豆得豆 | zhòng guā dé guā ,
zhòng dòu dé dòu | lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.; One must live with the consequences of one's actions.; You've made your bed, now must lie on it. |
| 糖瓜 | táng guā | malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen God Zaoshen 灶神 |
老王卖瓜，
自卖自夸 | lǎo wáng mài guā ,
zì mài zì kuā | every potter praises his own pot (idiom); all one's geese are swans |
| 胡瓜鱼 | hú guā yú | smelt (family Osmeridae) |
| 脑瓜 | nǎo guā | skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas |
| 脑瓜儿 | nǎo guār | erhua variant of 脑瓜 |
| 脑瓜子 | nǎo guā zi | see 脑瓜 |
| 苦瓜 | kǔ guā | bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) |
| 苦瓜脸 | kǔ guā liǎn | sour expression on one's face |
| 菜瓜 | cài guā | snake melon; loofah |
| 蒲瓜 | pú guā | white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia) |
| 腌黄瓜 | yān huáng guā | pickle |
| 阿空加瓜 | Ā kōng jiā guā | Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas |
| 阿空加瓜山 | Ā kōng jiā guā shān | Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas |
| 青瓜 | qīng guā | cucumber |
| 顺藤摸瓜 | shùn téng mō guā | lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues |
| 香瓜 | xiāng guā | cantaloupe melon |
| 鱼翅瓜 | yú chì guā | spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo) |
| 麻瓜 | má guā | Muggles (Harry Potter) |
