河水不犯井水

河水不犯井水

Chinese

		river water; Yellow River	not; no	to violate; to offend	wellwater
simp. and trad. (河水不犯井水)		河水	不	犯	井水
Literally: “river water not interfering with the wellwater”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héshuǐ bùfàn jǐngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ zeng² seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: héshuǐ bùfàn jǐngshuǐ [Phonetic: héshuǐbúfànjíngshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershoei bufann jiingshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ zeng² seoi²
    • Yale: hòh séui bāt faahn jéng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ soey² bat⁷ faan⁶ dzeng² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sêu² bed¹ fan⁶ zéng² sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fäːn²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

河水不犯井水

1. Alternative form of 井水不犯河水 (jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ, “two things keeping to themselves”).