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

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• 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

• 順藤摸瓜 / 顺藤摸瓜 (shùnténgmōguā)