浮沉

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúchén

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fúchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fúchén
  - Wade–Giles: fu²-chʻên²
  - Yale: fú-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuchern
  - Palladius: фучэнь (fučɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    拂塵／拂尘
    浮塵／浮尘
    浮沉
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fau⁴ cam⁴
  - Yale: fàuh chàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fau⁴ tsam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: feo⁴ cem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-tîm
  - Tâi-lô: phû-tîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phu'diim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ tim²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tim²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-tîm
  - Tâi-lô: hû-tîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hu'diim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/

Verb

浮沉

to float and sink in the water
(figurative) to go up and down; to drift along
宦海浮沉 ― huànhǎifúchén ― ups and downs of officialdom

Derived terms

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