爬藤

Chinese

		crawl; climb	rattan; cane
trad. (爬藤)		爬	藤
simp. #(爬藤)		爬	藤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páténg

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚˊ ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paa⁴ tang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páténg
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˊ ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páténg
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa²-tʻêng²
    • Yale: pá-téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parterng
    • Palladius: патэн (patɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä³⁵ tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paa⁴ tang⁴
    • Yale: pàh tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paa⁴ tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pa⁴ teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaː²¹ tʰɐŋ²¹/

Verb

爬藤

1. (botany, of vines) to climb; to be scandent
2. (education, figurative) to get into an Ivy League school