浮沉

Chinese

		to float	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (浮沉)		浮	沉
simp. #(浮沉)		浮	沉
alternative forms		浮沈
anagram		沉浮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fúchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fau⁴ cam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phû-tîm / hû-tîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fúchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fúchén
    • Wade–Giles: fu²-chʻên²
    • Yale: fú-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuchern
    • Palladius: фучэнь (fučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fau⁴ cam⁴
    • Yale: fàuh chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: phû-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phu'diim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ tim²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: hû-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'diim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/

Verb

浮沉

1. to float and sink in the water
2. (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along

   宦海浮沉  ―  huànhǎifúchén  ―  ups and downs of officialdom

Derived terms

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