從善如流

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	good	as (if); such as	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (從善如流)		從	善	如	流
simp. (从善如流)		从	善	如	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngshànrúliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ sin⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-siān-lû-liû / chiông-siān-jû-liû / chiông-siān-jî-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngshànrúliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshànrúlióu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-shan⁴-ju²-liu²
    • Yale: tsúng-shàn-rú-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshannruliou
    • Palladius: цуншаньжулю (cunšanʹžulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ sin⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: chùhng sihn yùh làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ sin⁶ jy⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xin⁶ yu⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siːn²² jyː²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-siān-lû-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-siān-lû-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsiexnluliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɛn²²⁻²¹ lu²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-siān-jû-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-siān-jû-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsiexnjuliuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻²¹ zu²³⁻³³ liu²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-siān-jî-liû
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-siān-jî-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsiexnjiliuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ siɛn³³⁻²¹ zi²³⁻³³ liu²³/

Idiom

從善如流

1. to be happy and quick to accept good advice