煲bou1冬dung1瓜gwaa1

English

1. a pun on the word 'Putonghua' (Mandarin); literally 'to boil a winter melon'
2. near homophone for "普通話" (Putonghua), i.e. Mandarin, the standard language of China; used for comedic effect or to convey a (self)mocking tone; literally: to boil winter melonunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 普通話嘅官話諧音；略帶貶義unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  除非你去廣東或者廣西南寧嗰頭啫，上大陸好難唔講煲冬瓜㗎噃。

  Unless you go to Guangdung or Nanning in Guangxi, it's hard not to speak in Putonghua when you visit mainland China.