順水推舟

順水推舟

Chinese

		downstream; with the stream	push; refuse (responsibility); shove	boat
trad. (順水推舟)		順水	推	舟
simp. (顺水推舟)		顺水	推	舟
Literally: “to push the boat along the current”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnshuǐtuīzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shùnshuǐtuīzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄓㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoeitueijou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
    • Yale: seuhn séui tēui jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ soey² toey¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ sêu² têu¹ zeo¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí-tshui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuyzhuiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

順水推舟

1. to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation