楊花水性

Chinese

		willow catkins; willow down	swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water
trad. (楊花水性)		楊花	水性
simp. (杨花水性)		杨花	水性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánghuāshuǐxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ faa¹ seoi² sing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iông-hoa-chúi-sèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánghuāshuǐxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánghuashuěisìng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-hua¹-shui³-hsing⁴
    • Yale: yáng-hwā-shwěi-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanghuashoeishinq
    • Palladius: янхуашуйсин (janxuašujsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ faa¹ seoi² sing³
    • Yale: yèuhng fā séui sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ faa¹ soey² sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ fa¹ sêu² xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ faː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-hoa-chúi-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: iông-hua-tsuí-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ionghoazuysexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

楊花水性

1. (of a woman) frivolous; fickle; lascivious

Synonyms

• 水性楊花／水性杨花 (shuǐxìngyánghuā)