種瓜得瓜

Chinese

		to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (種瓜得瓜)		種	瓜	得	瓜
simp. (种瓜得瓜)		种	瓜	得	瓜
Literally: “plant melons and get melons”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngguādéguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngguādéguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngguadégua
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-kua¹-tê²-kua¹
    • Yale: jùng-gwā-dé-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqguadergua
    • Palladius: чжунгуадэгуа (čžunguadɛgua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹
    • Yale: jung gwā dāk gwā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ gwaa¹ dak⁷ gwaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ gua¹ deg¹ gua¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵/

Idiom

種瓜得瓜

1. you reap what you sow

Derived terms

• 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆／种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆 (zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu)