瓜葛

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Chinese

melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
coarse grass linen
trad. (瓜葛)
simp. #(瓜葛)

Pronunciation


Note: Often mispronounced as guāgě.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (99) (63)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () II I
Fanqie
Baxter kwae kat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠua/ /kɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚa/ /kɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kua/ /kɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaɨ/ /kat̚/
Li
Rong
/kua/ /kɑt̚/
Wang
Li
/kwa/ /kɑt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwa/ /kɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guā ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaa1 got3

Noun

瓜葛

  1. (literally) melons and vines
  2. (figuratively, dated) husband and wife
  3. (figuratively) connection; association; dealings; implication

Verb

瓜葛

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