水可載舟，亦可覆舟

水可載舟，亦可覆舟

Chinese

		water; river	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)			also	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
trad. (水可載舟，亦可覆舟)		水	可	載舟	，	亦	可	覆舟
simp. (水可载舟，亦可覆舟)		水	可	载舟	，	亦	可	覆舟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐ kě zài zhōu, yì kě fù zhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄡ, ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² ho² zoi³ zau¹, jik⁶ ho² fuk¹ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuǐ kě zài zhōu, yì kě fù zhōu [Phonetic: shuíkězàizhōu,yìkěfùzhōu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄡ, ㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoei kee tzay jou, yih kee fuh jou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěi kě zài jhou, yì kě fù jhou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² ho² zoi³ zau¹, jik⁶ ho² fuk¹ zau¹
    • Yale: séui hó joi jāu, yihk hó fūk jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² ho² dzoi³ dzau¹, jik⁹ ho² fuk⁷ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ho² zoi³ zeo¹, yig⁶ ho² fug¹ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ t͡sɔːy̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ jɪk̚² hɔː³⁵ fʊk̚⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

水可載舟，亦可覆舟

1. Alternative form of 水能載舟，亦能覆舟／水能载舟，亦能覆舟 (shuǐ néng zài zhōu, yì néng fù zhōu).