水漲船高

See also: 水涨船高

Chinese

		water; river	to swell; distend; to rise (of prices, rivers, etc.)	a boat; vessel; ship	high; tall
trad. (水漲船高)		水	漲	船	高
simp. (水涨船高)		水	涨	船	高
Literally: “If water rises, a ship is elevated.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐzhǎngchuángāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄍㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zoeng³ syun⁴ gou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhǎngchuángāo [Phonetic: shuízhǎngchuángāo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhǎngchuángao
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-chang³-chʻuan²-kao¹
    • Yale: shwěi-jǎng-chwán-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijaangchwangau
    • Palladius: шуйчжанчуаньгао (šujčžančuanʹgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zoeng³ syun⁴ gou¹
    • Yale: séui jeung syùhn gōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzoeng³ syn⁴ gou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zêng³ xun⁴ gou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³ syːn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

水漲船高

1. a thing grows as its foundation grows

   • 朱寧表示，從價格形成機制來看，原料價格上漲，勢必導致以雞蛋為原料的月餅、蛋糕等副食品價格水漲船高。 [MSC, trad.]
     朱宁表示，从价格形成机制来看，原料价格上涨，势必导致以鸡蛋为原料的月饼、蛋糕等副食品价格水涨船高。 [MSC, simp.]

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     Zhū Níng biǎoshì, cóng jiàgé xíngchéng jīzhì lái kàn, yuánliào jiàgé shàngzhàng, shìbì dǎozhì yǐ jīdàn wéi yuánliào de yuèbǐng, dàngāo děng fùshípǐn jiàgé shuǐzhàngchuángāo. [Pinyin]

     Zhu Ning states that considering how prices are formed, if the price of the raw material [eggs] grows, the prices of non-staple food made from eggs, such as mooncakes and cakes, must grow with it too.