水可載舟，亦可覆舟

Chinese

		water; river	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year	boat		also	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize	boat
trad. (水可載舟，亦可覆舟)		水	可	載	舟	，	亦	可	覆	舟
simp. (水可载舟，亦可覆舟)		水	可	载	舟	，	亦	可	覆	舟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐ kě zài zhōu, yì kě fù zhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄡ , ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² ho² zoi³ zau¹, jik⁶ ho² fuk¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐ kě zài zhōu, yì kě fù zhōu [Phonetic: shuíkězàizhōu,yìkěfùzhōu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄡ , ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěi kě zài jhou, yì kě fù jhou
    • Wade–Giles: shui³ kʻo³ tsai⁴ chou¹, i⁴ kʻo³ fu⁴ chou¹
    • Yale: shwěi kě dzài jōu-, yì kě fù jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoei kee tzay jou, yih kee fuh jou
    • Palladius: шуй кэ цзай чжоу, и кэ фу чжоу (šuj kɛ czaj čžou, i kɛ fu čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² ho² zoi³ zau¹, jik⁶ ho² fuk¹ zau¹
    • Yale: séui hó joi jāu, yihk hó fūk jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² ho² dzoi³ dzau¹, jik⁹ ho² fuk⁷ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ho² zoi³ zeo¹, yig⁶ ho² fug¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ jɪk̚² hɔː³⁵ fʊk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

水可載舟，亦可覆舟

1. Alternative form of 水能載舟，亦能覆舟／水能载舟，亦能覆舟 (shuǐ néng zài zhōu, yì néng fù zhōu)