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 dau⁶ dak¹ dau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhòngguādéguā, zhòngdòudédòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄚㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ, ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄡˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqguadergua, jonqdowderdow
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung³ gwaa¹ dak¹ gwaa¹, zung³ dau⁶ dak¹ dau⁶
  - Yale: jung gwā dāk gwā, jung dauh dāk dauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ gwaa¹ dak⁷ gwaa¹, dzung³ dau⁶ dak⁷ dau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung³ gua¹ deg¹ gua¹, zung³ deo⁶ deg¹ deo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ kʷäː⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ kʷäː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³ tɐu̯²² tɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯²²/

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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