李下瓜田

Chinese

		surname; plum	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	melon patch
trad. (李下瓜田)		李	下	瓜田
simp. #(李下瓜田)		李	下	瓜田

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐxiàguātián

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ haa⁶ gwaa¹ tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐxiàguātián
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐsiàguatián
    • Wade–Giles: li³-hsia⁴-kua¹-tʻien²
    • Yale: lǐ-syà-gwā-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liishiahguatyan
    • Palladius: лисягуатянь (lisjaguatjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ haa⁶ gwaa¹ tin⁴
    • Yale: léih hah gwā tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ haa⁶ gwaa¹ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ ha⁶ gua¹ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³ haː²² kʷaː⁵⁵ tʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

李下瓜田

1. Synonym of 瓜田李下 (guātiánlǐxià)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
李	下	瓜	田
り Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1	か Jinmeiyō	でん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

李(り)下(か)瓜(か)田(でん) • (rika kaden) 

1. be careful not to invite suspicion