犬牙交錯
Chinese
| canine tooth; cuspid; fang | to interlock; to crisscross | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (犬牙交錯) | 犬牙 | 交錯 | |
| simp. (犬牙交错) | 犬牙 | 交错 | |
| Literally: “interlocked like dog's teeth”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): quǎnyájiāocuò
- (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun2 ngaa4 gaau1 co3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: quǎnyájiāocuò
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎnyájiaocuò
- Wade–Giles: chʻüan3-ya2-chiao1-tsʻo4
- Yale: chywǎn-yá-jyāu-tswò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuanyajiautsuoh
- Palladius: цюаньяцзяоцо (cjuanʹjaczjaoco)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hyun2 ngaa4 gaau1 co3
- Yale: hyún ngàh gāau cho
- Cantonese Pinyin: hyn2 ngaa4 gaau1 tso3
- Guangdong Romanization: hün2 nga4 gao1 co3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hyːn³⁵ ŋaː²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
犬牙交錯
- jigsaw-like; jagged; zigzag; crisscross
- (by extension) tangled and complicated; intricate