歪瓜裂棗

Chinese

		askew	melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	crack; split	jujube
trad. (歪瓜裂棗)		歪	瓜	裂	棗
simp. (歪瓜裂枣)		歪	瓜	裂	枣
alternative forms		歪瓜劣棗／歪瓜劣枣
Literally: “crooked melons and split-open dates”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāiguālièzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai¹ gwaa¹ lit⁶ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāiguālièzǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waigualièzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: wai¹-kua¹-lieh⁴-tsao³
    • Yale: wāi-gwā-lyè-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaigualiehtzao
    • Palladius: вайгуалецзао (vajgualeczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāiguālièzǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waigualièzǎor
    • Wade–Giles: wai¹-kua¹-lieh⁴-tsao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: wāi-gwā-lyè-dzǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaigualiehtzaol
    • Palladius: вайгуалецзаор (vajgualeczaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai¹ gwaa¹ lit⁶ zou²
    • Yale: wāai gwā liht jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai¹ gwaa¹ lit⁹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai¹ gua¹ lid⁶ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯⁵⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ liːt̚² t͡sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

歪瓜裂棗

1. (derogatory) a group of unattractive people (or objects)