從善如流

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	good	as (if); such as	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (從善如流)		從	善	如	流
simp. (从善如流)		从	善	如	流

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cóngshànrúliú
(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ sin⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chiông-siān-jî-liû / chiông-siān-jû-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cóngshànrúliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshannruliou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshànrúlióu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ljoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ sin⁶ jyu⁴ lau⁴
  - Yale: chùhng sihn yùh làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ sin⁶ jy⁴ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xin⁶ yu⁴ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siːn²² jyː²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-siān-jî-liû / chiông-siān-jû-liû
  - Tâi-lô: tsiông-siān-jî-liû / tsiông-siān-jû-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciongsiexnjiliuu, ciongsiexnjuliuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡zu²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɛn⁴¹⁻²² d͡zu²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² liu¹³/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɛn²²⁻²¹ d͡zu¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɛn³³⁻¹¹ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɛn³³⁻¹¹ d͡zu²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɛn³³⁻²¹ ʑi²³⁻³³ liu²³/, /t͡ɕiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɛn³³⁻²¹ zu²³⁻³³ liu²³/

Idiom

從善如流

to be happy and quick to accept good advice