一潭死水

一潭死水

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	deep; deep pool; pit	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	water; river
simp. and trad. (一潭死水)		一	潭	死	水
Literally: “a pool of stagnant water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yītánsǐshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ taam⁴ sei² seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yītánsǐshuǐ [Phonetic: yìtánsíshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄢˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itarnsyyshoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yitánsǐhshuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ taam⁴ sei² seoi²
    • Yale: yāt tàahm séi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ taam⁴ sei² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tam⁴ séi² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰäːm²¹ sei̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

一潭死水

1. a stagnant and spiritless situation