順水

Chinese

		to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable	water; river
trad. (順水)		順	水
simp. (顺水)		顺	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seon⁶ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sun⁵ sui²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-shui³
    • Yale: shwùn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoei
    • Palladius: шуньшуй (šunʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: seuhn séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sun⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sun³² sui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Adjective

順水

1. downstream; with the stream

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 順流／顺流 (shùnliú)

Derived terms

• 順水人情 / 顺水人情 (shùnshuǐrénqíng)
• 順水推舟 / 顺水推舟 (shùnshuǐtuīzhōu)
• 順風順水 / 顺风顺水 (shùnfēngshùnshuǐ)