一衣帶水

See also: 一衣带水 and 一衣帯水

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	belt on clothes; waist band; clothes	water; river
trad. (一衣帶水)		一	衣帶	水
simp. (一衣带水)		一	衣带	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyīdàishuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ji¹ daai³ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyīdàishuǐ [Phonetic: yìyīdàishuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧ ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyidàishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-i¹-tai⁴-shui³
    • Yale: yī-yī-dài-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iidayshoei
    • Palladius: иидайшуй (iidajšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ i⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ ji¹ daai³ seoi²
    • Yale: yāt yī daai séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ji¹ daai³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yi¹ dai³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiː⁵⁵ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

一衣帶水

1. separated only by​ a narrow strip of water

   中國和日本是一衣帶水的鄰邦。 [MSC, trad.]
   中国和日本是一衣带水的邻邦。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó hé Rìběn shì yīyīdàishuǐ de línbāng. [Pinyin]

   China and Japan are neighbouring countries separated only by​ a narrow strip of water.

   • 赤縣扶桑，一衣帶水，一葦可航。 [Ci, trad.]
     赤县扶桑，一衣带水，一苇可航。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: 1972, first published in People's Daily (Japanese Edition), January 1973, 郭沫若 (Guo Moruo),《沁園春·祝中日恢復邦交》(To the tune of Spring in a Pleasure Garden: Congratulations on the Resumption of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Japan)

     Chìxiàn Fúsāng, yīyīdàishuǐ, yī wěi kě háng. [Pinyin]

     China and Japan,
     But a sash of sea ripples between,
     Where lotus stems may sail serene.