雞同鴨講

See also: 鸡同鸭讲

Chinese

		fowl; chicken	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	duck	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain
trad. (雞同鴨講/鷄同鴨講)		雞/鷄	同	鴨	講
simp. (鸡同鸭讲)		鸡	同	鸭	讲
Literally: “a chicken talking to a duck”.

Etymology

Originally Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jītóngyājiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ tung⁴ aap³ gong²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jītóngyājiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jitóngyajiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tʻung²-ya¹-chiang³
    • Yale: jī-túng-yā-jyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jitorngiajeang
    • Palladius: цзитунъяцзян (czitunʺjaczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ jä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ tung⁴ aap³ gong²
    • Yale: gāi tùhng aap góng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ tung⁴ aap⁸ gong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ tung⁴ ab³ gong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ aːp̚³ kɔːŋ³⁵/

Idiom

雞同鴨講

1. mutually unintelligible; unable to understand one another; talking about two different things; getting one's wires crossed

See also

• (Singapore) 一隻雞、一隻鴨／一只鸡、一只鸭 (yī zhī jī, yī zhī yā)