一潭死水

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	deep; deep pool; pit	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	water; river
simp. and trad. (一潭死水)		一	潭	死	水
Literally: “a pool of stagnant water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yītánsǐshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄊㄢˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ taam⁴ sei² seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yītánsǐshuǐ [Phonetic: yìtánsíshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄊㄢˊ ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itarnsyyshoei
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yitánsǐhshuěi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ taam⁴ sei² seoi²
  - Yale: yāt tàahm séi séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ taam⁴ sei² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ tam⁴ séi² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tʰäːm²¹ sei̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

一潭死水

a stagnant and spiritless situation

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