渾水

Chinese

		muddy	water; river
trad. (渾水)		渾	水
simp. (浑水)		浑	水
alternative forms		混水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴ seoi²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wen-sy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fen¹ xyei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-shui³
    • Yale: hwún-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenshoei
    • Palladius: хуньшуй (xunʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: wàhn séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶wen-sy
    • MiniDict: wen^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhun-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuən²² sz̩⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: fen¹ xyei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸən³³ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

Noun

渾水

1. muddy water
2. (figurative) chaotic situation (that no one would like to involve themselves in)

Derived terms

• 攪渾水／搅浑水
• 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú)
• 趟渾水／趟浑水
• 蹚渾水／蹚浑水