浮沉
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to float | submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop | ||
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trad. (浮沉) | 浮 | 沉 | |
simp. #(浮沉) | 浮 | 沉 | |
alternative forms | 浮沈 | ||
anagram | 沉浮 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fúchén
- Wade–Giles: fu2-chʻên2
- Yale: fú-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuchern
- Palladius: фучэнь (fučɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- Homophones:
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浮塵 / 浮尘
浮沉
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fau4 cam4
- Yale: fàuh chàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: fau4 tsam4
- Guangdong Romanization: feo4 cem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
[edit]浮沉
- to float and sink in the water
- (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along
- 宦海浮沉 ― huànhǎifúchén ― ups and downs of officialdom