流水行雲

Chinese

		flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water	a drifting cloud
trad. (流水行雲)		流水	行雲
simp. (流水行云)		流水	行云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshuǐxíngyún

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi² hang⁴ wan⁴
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ zui² gian⁵ hung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshuǐxíngyún
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěisíngyún
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shui³-hsing²-yün²
    • Yale: lyóu-shwěi-syíng-yún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoeishyngyun
    • Palladius: люшуйсинъюнь (ljušujsinʺjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi² hang⁴ wan⁴
    • Yale: làuh séui hàhng wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey² hang⁴ wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu² heng⁴ wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ hɐŋ²¹ wɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liu⁵ zui² gian⁵ hung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû tsúi kiâⁿ hûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ kĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

流水行雲

1. (of calligraphy, writing, etc.) very smooth and natural; natural and unforced style