一衣帶水

See also: 一衣带水 and 一衣帯水

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	belt on clothes; waist band; clothes	water; river
trad. (一衣帶水)		一	衣帶	水
simp. (一衣带水)		一	衣带	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīyīdàishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄧㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ji¹ daai³ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyīdàishuǐ [Phonetic: yìyīdàishuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiyidàishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-i¹-tai⁴-shui³
  - Yale: yī-yī-dài-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iidayshoei
  - Palladius: иидайшуй (iidajšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ i⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ ji¹ daai³ seoi²
  - Yale: yāt yī daai séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ji¹ daai³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ yi¹ dai³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ jiː⁵⁵ taːi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

一衣帶水

separated only by a narrow strip of water
中國和日本是一衣帶水的鄰邦。 [MSC, trad.]
中国和日本是一衣带水的邻邦。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōngguó hé Rìběn shì yīyīdàishuǐ de línbāng. [Pinyin]
China and Japan are neighbouring countries separated only by a narrow strip of water.
- 赤縣扶桑，一衣帶水，一葦可航。 [Ci, trad.]
  赤县扶桑，一衣带水，一苇可航。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: 1972, first published in People's Daily (Japanese Edition), January 1973, 郭沫若 (Guo Moruo),《沁園春·祝中日恢復邦交》(To the tune of Spring in a Pleasure Garden: Congratulations on the Resumption of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Japan)
  Chìxiàn Fúsāng, yīyīdàishuǐ, yī wěi kě háng. [Pinyin]
  China and Japan,
  But a sash of sea ripples between,
  Where lotus stems may sail serene.