種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆

Chinese

		plant melons and get melons; you reap what you sow
trad. (種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆)		種瓜得瓜	，	種豆得豆
simp. (种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆)		种瓜得瓜	，	种豆得豆
Literally: “Plant melons and you get melons, plant beans and you get beans”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ , ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹, zung³ dau^6-2 dak¹ dau^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ , ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngguadégua, jhòngdòudédòu
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-kua¹-tê²-kua¹, chung⁴-tou⁴-tê²-tou⁴
    • Yale: jùng-gwā-dé-gwā-, jùng-dòu-dé-dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqguadergua, jonqdowderdow
    • Palladius: чжунгуадэгуа, чжундоудэдоу (čžunguadɛgua, čžundoudɛdou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹, zung³ dau^6-2 dak¹ dau^6-2
    • Yale: jung gwā dāk gwā, jung dáu dāk dáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ gwaa¹ dak⁷ gwaa¹, dzung³ dau^6-2 dak⁷ dau^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ gua¹ deg¹ gua¹, zung³ deo^6-2 deg¹ deo^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Proverb

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆

1. as you sow, so shall you reap; you reap what you sow