山不轉水轉

Chinese

		mountain; hill	not; no	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	water; river	to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift
trad. (山不轉水轉)		山	不	轉	水	轉
simp. (山不转水转)		山	不	转	水	转

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān bùzhuàn shuǐ zhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ bat¹ zyun³ seoi² zyun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān bùzhuàn shuǐ zhuàn [Phonetic: shān búzhuàn shuǐ zhuàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan bùjhuàn shuěi jhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹ pu⁴-chuan⁴ shui³ chuan⁴
    • Yale: shān bù-jwàn shwěi jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan bujuann shoei juann
    • Palladius: шань бучжуань шуй чжуань (šanʹ bučžuanʹ šuj čžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ bat¹ zyun³ seoi² zyun³
    • Yale: sāan bāt jyun séui jyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ bat⁷ dzyn³ soey² dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ bed¹ jun³ sêu² jun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syːn³³ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡syːn³³/

Proverb

山不轉水轉

1. the world is small enough for people to meet again