瓜葛

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	coarse grass linen
trad. (瓜葛)		瓜	葛
simp. #(瓜葛)		瓜	葛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāgé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ got³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koa-kat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāgé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guagé
    • Wade–Giles: kua¹-ko²
    • Yale: gwā-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guager
    • Palladius: гуагэ (guagɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/

Note: Often mispronounced as guāgě.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa¹ got³
    • Yale: gwā got
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ got⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ god³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-kat
    • Tâi-lô: kua-kat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koa'kad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ kat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kwae kat

Rime
Character	瓜	葛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	I
Fanqie	古華切	古達切
Baxter	kwae	kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠua/	/kɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚa/	/kɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kua/	/kɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨ/	/kat̚/
Li Rong	/kua/	/kɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kwa/	/kɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwa/	/kɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guā	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaa1	got3

Noun

瓜葛

1. (literally) melons and vines
2. (figuratively, dated) husband and wife
3. (figuratively) connection; association; dealings; implication

Verb

瓜葛

1. to get mixed up; to get involved in; to be implicated in