沉浮

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to float
trad. (沉浮)		沉	浮
simp. #(沉浮)		沉	浮
alternative forms		沈浮
anagram		浮沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ fau⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-phû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dim⁵ pu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénfú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-fu²
    • Yale: chén-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernfwu
    • Palladius: чэньфу (čɛnʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ fau⁴
    • Yale: chàhm fàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ fau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ feo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-phû
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-phû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimphuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dim⁵ pu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîm phû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/

Verb

沉浮

1. to sink and emerge in water
2. (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along

   宦海沉浮  ―  huànhǎichénfú  ―  ups and downs of officialdom

Derived terms

• 宦海沉浮
• 沉沉浮浮
• 與世沉浮 / 与世沉浮
• 隨世沉浮 / 随世沉浮
• 隨俗沉浮 / 随俗沉浮