吃不到的葡萄是酸的

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at; to not arrive to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at; to not arrive; to not show up	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	grape; to be jealous; to envy	be; yes; this	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
trad. (吃不到的葡萄是酸的)		吃	不到	的	葡萄	是	酸	的
simp. #(吃不到的葡萄是酸的)		吃	不到	的	葡萄	是	酸	的
Literally: “grapes that cannot be eaten are sour”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chībudào de pútao shì suān de

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄆㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄕˋ ㄙㄨㄢ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ bat¹ dou^3-2 dik¹ pou⁴ tou⁴ si⁶ syun¹ dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chībudào de pútao shì suān de
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄉㄠˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄆㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄠ ㄕˋ ㄙㄨㄢ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihbůdào de̊ pútåo shìh suan de̊
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-pu⁵-tao⁴ tê⁵ pʻu²-tʻao⁵ shih⁴ suan¹ tê⁵
    • Yale: chr̄-bu-dàu de pú-tau shr̀ swān de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chybudaw .de pwu.tau shyh suan .de
    • Palladius: чибудао дэ путао ши суань дэ (čibudao dɛ putao ši suanʹ dɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ b̥u² tɑʊ̯⁵¹ d̥ə¹ pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ su̯än⁵⁵ d̥ə²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ bat¹ dou^3-2 dik¹ pou⁴ tou⁴ si⁶ syun¹ dik¹
    • Yale: hek bāt dóu dīk pòuh tòuh sih syūn dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ bat⁷ dou^3-2 dik⁷ pou⁴ tou⁴ si⁶ syn¹ dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ bed¹ dou^3-2 dig¹ pou⁴ tou⁴ xi⁶ xun¹ dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵ tɪk̚⁵ pʰou̯²¹ tʰou̯²¹ siː²² syːn⁵⁵ tɪk̚⁵/

Phrase

吃不到的葡萄是酸的

1. the grapes are sour anyway

See also

• 酸葡萄 (suānpútao)