遠水不救近火
Chinese
editfar; distant; remote | water; river | not; no | to save; to assist; to rescue | near; close (to); approximately | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
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trad. (遠水不救近火) | 遠 | 水 | 不 | 救 | 近 | 火 | |
simp. (远水不救近火) | 远 | 水 | 不 | 救 | 近 | 火 | |
alternative forms | 遠水救不了近火/远水救不了近火 遠水救不得近火/远水救不得近火 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun5 seoi2 bat1 gau3 gan6 fo2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán súi put kiù kīn hóⁿ
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎn shuěi bù jiòu jìn huǒ
- Wade–Giles: yüan3 shui3 pu4 chiu4 chin4 huo3
- Yale: ywǎn shwěi bù jyòu jìn hwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuan shoei bu jiow jinn huoo
- Palladius: юань шуй бу цзю цзинь хо (juanʹ šuj bu czju czinʹ xo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun5 seoi2 bat1 gau3 gan6 fo2
- Yale: yúhn séui bāt gau gahn fó
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn5 soey2 bat7 gau3 gan6 fo2
- Guangdong Romanization: yun5 sêu2 bed1 geo3 gen6 fo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn¹³ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kɐu̯³³ kɐn²² fɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán súi put kiù kīn hóⁿ
- Tâi-lô: uán suí put kiù kīn hónn
- Phofsit Daibuun: oarn suie pud kiux kin hvor
- IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sui⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ kiu²¹⁻⁵³ kin²²⁻²¹ hɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Proverb
edit遠水不救近火
- (figurative) a slow remedy cannot resolve an emergency
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