順藤摸瓜
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable |
rattan; cane | feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy |
melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash | ||
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trad. (順藤摸瓜) | 順 | 藤 | 摸 | 瓜 | |
simp. (顺藤摸瓜) | 顺 | 藤 | 摸 | 瓜 | |
Literally: “to get to the melon by tracking the vines”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sung6 ding5 mong5 guê1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄥˊ ㄇㄛ ㄍㄨㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shùnténgmogua
- Wade–Giles: shun4-tʻêng2-mo1-kua1
- Yale: shwùn-téng-mwō-gwā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennterngmhogua
- Palladius: шуньтэнмогуа (šunʹtɛnmogua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ tʰɤŋ³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1
- Yale: seuhn tàhng mó gwā
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: sên6 teng4 mo2 gua1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn²² tʰɐŋ²¹ mɔː³⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sung6 ding5 mong5 guê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭng tîng mông kue
- Sinological IPA (key): /suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tiŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kue³³/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
[edit]順藤摸瓜
- to follow the clues to get to the bottom of a matter or to thoroughly inquire into a matter
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