井水不犯河水

Chinese

		wellwater		river water; Yellow River
simp. and trad. (井水不犯河水)		井水	不犯	河水
alternative forms		河水不犯井水 河水勿犯井水 Wu

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng² seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ ho⁴ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ [Phonetic: jíngshuǐbúfànhéshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngshuěi bùfàn héshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-shui³ pu⁴-fan⁴ ho²-shui³
    • Yale: jǐng-shwěi bù-fàn hé-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshoei bufann hershoei
    • Palladius: цзиншуй буфань хэшуй (czinšuj bufanʹ xɛšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeng² seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ ho⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: jéng séui bāt faahn hòh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng² soey² bat⁷ faan⁶ ho⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zéng² sêu² bed¹ fan⁶ ho⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faːn²² hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

井水不犯河水

1. “wellwater not interfering with the river water”—two things keeping to themselves; everyone minding their own business