隨波逐流

Chinese

		to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	wave; (Cantonese) ball	to pursue; to chase; individually to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (隨波逐流)		隨	波	逐	流
simp. (随波逐流)		随	波	逐	流
Literally: “to drift with the waves”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suíbōzhúliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ bo¹ zuk⁶ lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suíbōzhúliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛ ㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suéibojhúlióu
    • Wade–Giles: sui²-po¹-chu²-liu²
    • Yale: swéi-bwō-jú-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibojwuliou
    • Palladius: суйбочжулю (sujbočžulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi⁴ bo¹ zuk⁶ lau⁴
    • Yale: chèuih bō juhk làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ bo¹ dzuk⁹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ bo¹ zug⁶ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚² lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

隨波逐流

1. (derogatory) to go with the flow; to swim with the tide; to act or behave the same way as the majority of others