藤褦瓜，瓜褦藤

Chinese

vine to tie; to fasten; connection
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
 to tie; to fasten; connection vine
trad. (藤褦瓜，瓜褦藤) 藤 褦 瓜 ， 瓜 褦 藤
simp. #(藤褦瓜，瓜褦藤) 藤 褦 瓜 ， 瓜 褦 藤
alternative forms 藤掕瓜，瓜掕藤
藤㨢瓜，瓜㨢藤
Literally: “the melons are connected to the vines, the vines are connected to the melons”.

Alternative forms

  • 瓜褦藤，藤褦瓜

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tang4 nang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 nang3 tang4 / tang4 lang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 lang3 tang4
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • Jyutping: tang4 nang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 nang3 tang4 / tang4 lang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 lang3 tang4
      • Yale: tàhng nang gwā, gwā nang tàhng / tàhng lang gwā, gwā lang tàhng
      • Cantonese Pinyin: tang4 nang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 nang3 tang4 / tang4 lang3 gwaa1, gwaa1 lang3 tang4
      • Guangdong Romanization: teng4 neng3 gua1, gua1 neng3 teng4 / teng4 leng3 gua1, gua1 leng3 teng4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐŋ²¹ nɐŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ nɐŋ³³ tʰɐŋ²¹/, /tʰɐŋ²¹ lɐŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ lɐŋ³³ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

藤褦瓜，瓜褦藤

  1. (Cantonese) interconnected; with complex relations between each other

See also

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