混水摸魚

Chinese

		to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix	water; river	to stroke fish; to catch fish; to slack off
trad. (混水摸魚)		混	水	摸魚
simp. (混水摸鱼)		混	水	摸鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnshuǐmōyú, hùnshuǐmōyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ, ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnshuǐmōyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnshuěimoyú
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-shui³-mo¹-yü²
    • Yale: hwún-shwěi-mwō-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenshoeimhoyu
    • Palladius: хуньшуймоюй (xunʹšujmojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hùnshuǐmōyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hùnshuěimoyú
    • Wade–Giles: hun⁴-shui³-mo¹-yü²
    • Yale: hwùn-shwěi-mwō-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huennshoeimhoyu
    • Palladius: хуньшуймоюй (xunʹšujmojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴
    • Yale: wahn séui mó yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ soey² mo² jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ sêu² mo² yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² sɵy̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹/

Idiom

混水摸魚

1. Alternative form of 渾水摸魚 / 浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú)