跳進黃河洗不清

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	advance; enter; to come in	the Yellow River	to wash; to bathe	not; no	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (跳進黃河洗不清)		跳	進	黃河	洗	不	清
simp. (跳进黄河洗不清)		跳	进	黄河	洗	不	清
Literally: “cannot wash oneself clean after jumping into the (muddy) Yellow River”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ zeon³ wong⁴ ho⁴ sai² bat¹ cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiào jìn Huáng Hé sǐ bù cing
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴ chin⁴ Huang² Ho² hsi³ pu⁴ chʻing¹
    • Yale: tyàu jìn Hwáng Hé syǐ bù chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiaw jinn Hwang Her shii bu ching
    • Palladius: тяо цзинь Хуан Хэ си бу цин (tjao czinʹ Xuan Xɛ si bu cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ zeon³ wong⁴ ho⁴ sai² bat¹ cing¹
    • Yale: tiu jeun wòhng hòh sái bāt chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ dzoen³ wong⁴ ho⁴ sai² bat⁷ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ zên³ wong⁴ ho⁴ sei² bed¹ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sɵn³³ wɔːŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ sɐi̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

跳進黃河洗不清

1. to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 跳進黃河洗不清 (“to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跳進黃河洗不清, 跳到黃河洗不清, 跳入黃河洗不清, 跳在黃河洗不清
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水洗都唔淨, 水洗都唔清
	Hong Kong	水洗都唔清
Hakka	Meixian	跳落黃河洗唔清
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	三條坑水洗唔淨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	三條坑水洗唔會淨
Wu	Shanghai	跳進黃浦汏勿清