順水推舟
Chinese
downstream; with the stream | push; refuse (responsibility); shove | boat | ||
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trad. (順水推舟) | 順水 | 推 | 舟 | |
simp. (顺水推舟) | 顺水 | 推 | 舟 | |
Literally: “to push the boat along the current”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄓㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shùnshuěitueijhou
- Wade–Giles: shun4-shui3-tʻui1-chou1
- Yale: shwùn-shwěi-twēi-jōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoeitueijou
- Palladius: шуньшуйтуйчжоу (šunʹšujtujčžou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1
- Yale: seuhn séui tēui jāu
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen6 soey2 toey1 dzau1
- Guangdong Romanization: sên6 sêu2 têu1 zeo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu
- Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí-tshui-tsiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuyzhuiciw
- IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui³³ t͡siu³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 順水推舟
- to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation
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