把水攪渾

Chinese

		handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object) handle; (a measure word); (marker for direct-object); to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of	water; river	to mix up; to muddy
trad. (把水攪渾)		把	水	攪渾
simp. (把水搅浑)		把	水	搅浑
Literally: “to muddy the water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎshuǐjiǎohún

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa² seoi² gaau² wan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎshuǐjiǎohún [Phonetic: báshuíjiǎohún]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎshuěijiǎohún
    • Wade–Giles: pa³-shui³-chiao³-hun²
    • Yale: bǎ-shwěi-jyǎu-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baashoeijeauhwen
    • Palladius: башуйцзяохунь (bašujczjaoxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa² seoi² gaau² wan⁶
    • Yale: bá séui gáau wahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa² soey² gaau² wan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba² sêu² gao² wen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ wɐn²²/

Idiom

把水攪渾

1. to create confusion