行雲流水
Chinese
| a drifting cloud | flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (行雲流水) | 行雲 | 流水 | |
| simp. (行云流水) | 行云 | 流水 | |
| anagram | 流水行雲／流水行云 | ||
| Literally: “moving clouds and flowing water”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): xíngyúnliúshuǐ
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xíngyúnliúshuǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: síngyúnlióushuěi
- Wade–Giles: hsing2-yün2-liu2-shui3
- Yale: syíng-yún-lyóu-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngyunlioushoei
- Palladius: синъюньлюшуй (sinʺjunʹljušuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ yn³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2
- Yale: hàhng wàhn làuh séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: hang4 wan4 lau4 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: heng4 wen4 leo4 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐŋ²¹ wɐn²¹ lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
行雲流水