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川流不息

川流不息

Chinese


simp. and trad. (川流不息)		川流	不息

Idiom

川流不息

(usually of traffic) flowing past in an endless stream

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): chuānliú-bùxī, chuānliú-bùxí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄔㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ lau⁴ bat¹ sik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuānliú-bùxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanlioubushi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: chuānliú-bùxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuanlioubushyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun¹ lau⁴ bat¹ sik¹
  - Yale: chyūn làuh bāt sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ lau⁴ bat⁷ sik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyːn⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵/