水落石出

Chinese

		(of water) to lower	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (水落石出)		水落	石	出
simp. #(水落石出)		水落	石	出

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐluòshíchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² lok⁶ sek⁶ ceot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐluòshíchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiluòshíhchu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-lo⁴-shih²-chʻu¹
    • Yale: shwěi-lwò-shŕ-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiluohshyrchu
    • Palladius: шуйлошичу (šujlošiču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² lok⁶ sek⁶ ceot¹
    • Yale: séui lohk sehk chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² lok⁹ sek⁹ tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² log⁶ ség⁶ cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ lɔːk̚² sɛːk̚² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sywijX lak dzyek tsyhwijH|tsyhwit

Rime
Character	水	落	石	出	出
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)	常 (25)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	鐸 (103)	昔 (123)	脂 (16)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	式軌切	盧各切	常隻切	尺類切	赤律切
Baxter	sywijX	lak	dzyek	tsyhwijH	tsyhwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕˠiuɪX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷᵚiX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰʷiH/	/t͡ɕʰʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuɪX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiæk̚/	/t͡ɕʰjuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕjwiX/	/lak̚/	/d͡ʑiajk̚/	/cʰwiH/	/cʰwit̚/
Li Rong	/ɕjuiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰuiH/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ɕwiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕwiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǐ	luò	shí	chuì	chu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2	lok6	sik6	ceoi3	ceot1

Idiom

水落石出

1. the water recedes and the rocks appear
2. (figurative) truth being revealed

   弄個水落石出／弄个水落石出  ―  nòng ge shuǐluòshíchū  ―  to get to the bottom of the matter