東鱗西爪

Chinese

		east	scales (of fish)	west	claw
trad. (東鱗西爪)		東	鱗	西	爪
simp. (东鳞西爪)		东	鳞	西	爪
Literally: “a scale from the east, a claw from the west”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōnglínxīzhuǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧ ㄓㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ leon⁴ sai¹ zaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōnglínxīzhuǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧ ㄓㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: donglínsijhuǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-lin²-hsi¹-chua³
    • Yale: dūng-lín-syī-jwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donglinshijoa
    • Palladius: дунлиньсичжуа (dunlinʹsičžua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ leon⁴ sai¹ zaau²
    • Yale: dūng lèuhn sāi jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ loen⁴ sai¹ dzaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ lên⁴ sei¹ zao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ lɵn²¹ sɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡saːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

東鱗西爪

1. odds and ends.