萍水相逢

Chinese

			to meet by chance; to bump into each other; to run into each other
trad. (萍水相逢)		萍水	相逢
simp. #(萍水相逢)		萍水	相逢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píngshuǐxiāngféng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping⁴ seoi² soeng¹ fung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píngshuǐxiāngféng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píngshuěisiangfóng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing²-shui³-hsiang¹-fêng²
    • Yale: píng-shwěi-syāng-féng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyngshoeishiangferng
    • Palladius: пиншуйсянфэн (pinšujsjanfɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping⁴ seoi² soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Yale: pìhng séui sēung fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping⁴ soey² soeng¹ fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping⁴ sêu² sêng¹ fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: beng sywijX sjang bjowng

Rime
Character	萍	水	相	逢
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	書 (26)	心 (16)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	脂 (18)	陽 (105)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III	III	III
Fanqie	薄經切	式軌切	息良切	符容切
Baxter	beng	sywijX	sjang	bjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/beŋ/	/ɕˠiuɪX/	/sɨɐŋ/	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/beŋ/	/ɕʷᵚiX/	/siɐŋ/	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɛŋ/	/ɕiuɪX/	/siɑŋ/	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bɛjŋ/	/ɕjwiX/	/sɨaŋ/	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/beŋ/	/ɕjuiX/	/siaŋ/	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/bieŋ/	/ɕwiX/	/sĭaŋ/	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱieŋ/	/ɕwiX/	/si̯aŋ/	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	píng	shuǐ	xiāng	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ping4	seoi2	soeng1	fung4

Idiom

萍水相逢

1. to meet by chance