塘水滾塘魚

Chinese

		pond	water; river	to boil; to roll	pond	fish
trad. (塘水滾塘魚)		塘	水	滾	塘	魚
simp. (塘水滚塘鱼)		塘	水	滚	塘	鱼
Literally: “[there is nothing but] water in a pond with fish in a pond”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴ sui² gwan² tong⁴ jyu^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴ sui² gwan² tong⁴ jyu^4-2
    • Yale: tòhng súi gwán tòhng yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴ sui² gwan² tong⁴ jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴ sui² guen² tong⁴ yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹ suːi̯³⁵ kʷɐn³⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

塘水滾塘魚

1. (Cantonese, figurative) everything is in a closed market or a small coterie