The story
- Cantonese · derived from勝瓜 /胜瓜
- English todaysinkwa towelsponge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A gourd of species Luffa acutangula, whose fruits are eaten when half-ripe and when mature can be dried out to form a loofah. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.