- bottle gourd
- (erhua form) bottle gourd; calabash; also used as a symbol of pharmacists or Daoist sages
- tanghulu
- a traditional northern snack made of fruit coated in hardened sugar syrup on a bamboo skewer; also called 冰糖葫芦 bīngtánghúlu
- decorative amulet
- string of small ornaments shaped like gourds, tigers, and other items, worn by children during the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil
