車水馬龍

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	water; river	horse; surname	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (車水馬龍)		車	水	馬	龍
simp. (车水马龙)		车	水	马	龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēshuǐmǎlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ seoi² maa⁵ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēshuǐmǎlóng [Phonetic: chēshuímǎlóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheshuěimǎlóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-shui³-ma³-lung²
    • Yale: chē-shwěi-mǎ-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheshoeimaalong
    • Palladius: чэшуймалун (čɛšujmalun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ seoi² maa⁵ lung⁴
    • Yale: gēui séui máh lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ soey² maa⁵ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ sêu² ma⁵ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ maː¹³ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

車水馬龍

1. the bustling scene of traffic or people flowing through endlessly