瓜子 guāzǐ melon seed
melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
How to remember 瓜子: 瓜 melon + 子 child = melon seed.
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How it is used
- Roasted melon/sunflower seeds eaten as a snack - 嗑瓜子 (kè guāzǐ) to crack and eat seeds.
- A staple of Chinese social snacking, especially at New Year and while chatting; the verb 嗑 (kè) is the idiomatic one.
- 瓜子脸 (guāzǐliǎn) means an oval, seed-shaped face, considered pretty - a common beauty descriptor.