宦海浮沉

Chinese

		officialdom; society of officials	to float and sink in the water; to go up and down; to drift along
trad. (宦海浮沉)		宦海	浮沉
simp. #(宦海浮沉)		宦海	浮沉
alternative forms		宦海浮沈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànhǎifúchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ cam⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànhǎifúchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànhǎifúchén
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hai³-fu²-chʻên²
    • Yale: hwàn-hǎi-fú-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannhaefwuchern
    • Palladius: хуаньхайфучэнь (xuanʹxajfučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ cam⁴
    • Yale: waahn hói fàuh chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ hoi² fau⁴ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ hoi² feo⁴ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² hɔːi̯³⁵ fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Idiom

宦海浮沉

1. the ups and downs of officialdom