沉浮

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to float
trad. (沉浮)		沉	浮
simp. ^#(沉浮)		沉	浮
alternative forms		沈浮
anagram		浮沉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénfú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ fau⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tîm-phû

(Teochew, Peng'im): dim⁵ pu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénfú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénfú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-fu²
  - Yale: chén-fú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernfwu
  - Palladius: чэньфу (čɛnʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ fau⁴
  - Yale: chàhm fàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ fau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ feo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-phû
  - Tâi-lô: tîm-phû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dimphuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dim⁵ pu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîm phû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/

Verb

沉浮

to sink and emerge in water
(figurative) to go up and down; to drift along
宦海沉浮 ― huànhǎichénfú ― ups and downs of officialdom

Derived terms

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