潛移默化

潛移默化

See also: 潜移默化

Chinese

		hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge	to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	silent; write from memory	to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
trad. (潛移默化)		潛	移	默	化
simp. (潜移默化)		潜	移	默	化

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiányímòhuà, qiǎnyímòhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim⁴ ji⁴ mak⁶ faa³
• Min Nan (POJ): chiâm-î-be̍k-hòa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiányímòhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyimohhuah
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎnyímòhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanyimohhuah
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ i³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim⁴ ji⁴ mak⁶ faa³
    • Yale: chìhm yìh mahk fa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim⁴ ji⁴ mak⁹ faa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim⁴ yi⁴ meg⁶ fa³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ jiː²¹ mɐk̚² fäː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-î-be̍k-hòa
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâm-î-bi̍k-huà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciam'i'beghoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻²² i²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻²² i²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚²⁴⁻²² hua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam¹³⁻²² i¹³⁻²² biɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hua²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam²³⁻³³ i²³⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/

Idiom

潛移默化

1. to influence secretly; to change due to unnoticeable influence