犬牙交錯

Chinese

		canine tooth; cuspid; fang	to interlock; to crisscross
trad. (犬牙交錯)		犬牙	交錯
simp. (犬牙交错)		犬牙	交错
Literally: “interlocked like dog's teeth”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quǎnyájiāocuò

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄠㄘㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun² ngaa⁴ gaau¹ co³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quǎnyájiāocuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄐㄧㄠㄘㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuǎnyájiaocuò
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan³-ya²-chiao¹-tsʻo⁴
  - Yale: chywǎn-yá-jyāu-tswò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuanyajiautsuoh
  - Palladius: цюаньяцзяоцо (cjuanʹjaczjaoco)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyun² ngaa⁴ gaau¹ co³
  - Yale: hyún ngàh gāau cho
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn² ngaa⁴ gaau¹ tso³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün² nga⁴ gao¹ co³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³⁵ ŋaː²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³³/

Idiom

犬牙交錯

jigsaw -like; jagged; zigzag; crisscross
(by extension) tangled and complicated; intricate

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