瓜葛

Chinese

		melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash	coarse grass linen
simp. and trad. (瓜葛)		瓜	葛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāgé

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa¹ got³
Min Nan (POJ): koa-kat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāgé
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚㄍㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guager
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa¹ got³
  - Yale: gwā got
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa¹ got⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua¹ god³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː⁵⁵ kɔːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koa-kat
  - Tâi-lô: kua-kat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koa'kad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kua³³ kat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua⁴⁴⁻²² kat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/

Noun

瓜葛

(literally) melons and vines
(by extension, dated) husband and wife
(by extension) connection; association; dealings; implication

Verb

瓜葛

to get mixed up; to get involved in; to be implicated in

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