順風順水

Chinese

	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	water; river
trad. (順風順水)	順	風	順	水
simp. (顺风顺水)	顺	风	顺	水
Literally: “smooth wind, smooth water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùnfēngshùnshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ fung¹ seon⁶ seoi²
Eastern Min (BUC): sông-hŭng sông-cūi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): song⁵ horng¹ song⁵ zui³ / suong⁵ horng¹ suong⁵ zui³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-fon-zen-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùnfēngshùnshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄈㄥㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùnfongshùnshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: shun⁴-fêng¹-shun⁴-shui³
  - Yale: shwùn-fēng-shwùn-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennfengshuennshoei
  - Palladius: шуньфэншуньшуй (šunʹfɛnšunʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁶ fung¹ seon⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: seuhn fūng seuhn séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ fung¹ soen⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ fung¹ sên⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² fʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sông-hŭng sông-cūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵ suŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: song⁵ horng¹ song⁵ zui³ [Phonetic: song⁵ ngorng¹ song⁵ nui³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seōng-ho̤ng-seōng-cûi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔŋ¹¹ ^(h-)ŋɒŋ⁵³³ ɬɔŋ¹¹ ^(t͡s-)nui⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: suong⁵ horng¹ suong⁵ zui³ [Phonetic: suong⁵ ngorng¹ suong⁵ nui³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoŋ²¹ ^(h-)ŋɒŋ⁵⁴⁴ ɬuoŋ²¹ ^(t͡s-)nui³³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-fon-zen-sy
  - MiniDict: zen^去 fon zen sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-fon-zen-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² foŋ⁵⁵ zən³³ sz̩²¹/

Idiom

順風順水

smooth; without obstacles or difficulties

Synonyms

順利／顺利 (shùnlì)
順順利利／顺顺利利

Descendants

→ Chinese Pidgin English: good wind, good water (calque)

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “顺风顺水”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 511.