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): ㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄓㄨㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ leon⁴ sai¹ zaau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōnglínxīzhuǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄓㄨㄚˇ
  - 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

odds and ends.

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