水洩不通

Chinese

	water; river	divulge; leak out	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through; to not understand
trad. (水洩不通/水泄不通)	水	洩/泄	不通
simp. (水泄不通)	水	泄	不通
Literally: “even water cannot flow out”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxièbùtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisièbùtong
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-hsieh⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹
  - Yale: shwěi-syè-bù-tūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishiehbutong
  - Palladius: шуйсебутун (šujsebutun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹
  - Yale: séui sit bāt tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sit⁸ bat⁷ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xid³ bed¹ tung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zui² siab⁸ bug⁴ tong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi sia̍p puk thong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ siap̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰoŋ³³/

水洩不通