脣齒相依

Chinese

		lips and teeth; intimately related; interdependent	to depend on each other; to be interdependent
trad. (脣齒相依/唇齒相依)		脣齒/唇齒	相依
simp. (唇齿相依)		唇齿	相依

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chúnchǐxiāngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄔˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴ ci² soeng¹ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chúnchǐxiāngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄔˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chúnchǐhsiangyi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun²-chʻih³-hsiang¹-i¹
    • Yale: chwún-chř-syāng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwenchyyshiangi
    • Palladius: чуньчисянъи (čunʹčisjanʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁴ ci² soeng¹ ji¹
    • Yale: sèuhn chí sēung yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴ tsi² soeng¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴ qi² sêng¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

Idiom

脣齒相依

1. (figurative) to be closely related and mutually dependent (like the lips and teeth)

See also

• 脣亡齒寒／唇亡齿寒 (chúnwángchǐhán)