萍水相逢

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Chinese

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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

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/2 1/1
Initial () (3) (26) (16) (3)
Final () (125) (18) (105) (7)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open Open
Division () IV III III III
Fanqie
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/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱieŋ/ /ɕwiX/ /si̯aŋ/ /bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
píng shuǐ xiāng féng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ping4 seoi2 soeng1 fung4

Idiom

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萍水相逢

  1. to meet by chance