分水嶺

See also: 分水岭

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	water; river	mountain range
trad. (分水嶺)		分	水	嶺
simp. (分水岭)		分	水	岭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnshuǐlǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ seoi² leng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-súi-léng / pun-chúi-niá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshuǐlǐng [Phonetic: fēnshuílǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenshuěilǐng
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-shui³-ling³
    • Yale: fēn-shwěi-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshoeiliing
    • Palladius: фэньшуйлин (fɛnʹšujlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ seoi² leng⁵
    • Yale: fān séui léhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ soey² leng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ sêu² léng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-súi-léng
    • Tâi-lô: hun-suí-líng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hunsuyleang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chúi-niá
    • Tâi-lô: pun-tsuí-niá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: punzuyniar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niã⁵³/

Noun

分水嶺

1. (geography) watershed; divide
2. (figurative) critical point marking a change in course or development; turning point; critical indicator

   • 這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！ [MSC, trad.]
     这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)

     Zhè zhǒng shìqíng shì fūqī gǎnqíng hǎo huài de fēnshuǐlǐng, shìjīnshí! [Pinyin]

     This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!

Derived terms

• 大分水嶺 / 大分水岭 (Dàfēnshuǐlǐng)