種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆

Chinese

		plant melons and get melons; you reap what you sow
trad. (種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆)		種瓜得瓜	，	種豆得豆
simp. (种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆)		种瓜得瓜	，	种豆得豆
Literally: “Plant melons and you get melons, plant beans and you get beans”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ , ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹, zung³ dau^6-2 dak¹ dau^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ , ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngguadégua, jhòngdòudédòu
  - Wade–Giles: chung⁴-kua¹-tê²-kua¹, chung⁴-tou⁴-tê²-tou⁴
  - Yale: jùng-gwā-dé-gwā-, jùng-dòu-dé-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqguadergua, jonqdowderdow
  - Palladius: чжунгуадэгуа, чжундоудэдоу (čžunguadɛgua, čžundoudɛdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹, zung³ dau^6-2 dak¹ dau^6-2
  - Yale: jung gwā dāk gwā, jung dáu dāk dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ gwaa¹ dak⁷ gwaa¹, dzung³ dau^6-2 dak⁷ dau^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung³ gua¹ deg¹ gua¹, zung³ deo^6-2 deg¹ deo^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷaː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Proverb

種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆

as you sow, so shall you reap; you reap what you sow

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