脣齒相依

Chinese

		lips and teeth; intimately related; interdependent	to depend on each other; to be interdependent
trad. (脣齒相依/唇齒相依)		脣齒/唇齒	相依
simp. (唇齿相依)		唇齿	相依

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chúnchǐxiāngyī

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄔˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴ ci² soeng¹ ji¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chúnchǐxiāngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ ㄔˇ ㄒㄧㄤㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwenchyyshiangi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁴ ci² soeng¹ ji¹
  - Yale: sèuhn chí sēung yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴ tsi² soeng¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴ qi² sêng¹ yi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/

Idiom

脣齒相依

(figuratively) to be closely related and mutually dependent (like the lips and teeth)

See also

脣亡齒寒／唇亡齿寒 (chúnwángchǐhán)

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