水洩不通
Chinese
edit| water; river | divulge; leak out | to be obstructed; to be unable to get through; to not understand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水洩不通/水泄不通) | 水 | 洩/泄 | 不通 | |
| simp. (水泄不通) | 水 | 泄 | 不通 | |
| Literally: “even water cannot flow out”. | ||||
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi2 sit3 bat1 tung1
- Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zui2 siab8 bug4 tong1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisièbùtong
- Wade–Giles: shui3-hsieh4-pu4-tʻung1
- Yale: shwěi-syè-bù-tūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishiehbutong
- Palladius: шуйсебутун (šujsebutun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 sit3 bat1 tung1
- Yale: séui sit bāt tūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 sit8 bat7 tung1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 xid3 bed1 tung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zui2 siab8 bug4 tong1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi sia̍p puk thong
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ siap̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰoŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
Idiom
edit水洩不通