分水嶺
See also: 分水岭
Chinese
to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng) |
water; river | mountain range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (分水嶺) | 分 | 水 | 嶺 | |
| simp. (分水岭) | 分 | 水 | 岭 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): fēnshuǐlǐng
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fan1 seoi2 leng5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-súi-léng / pun-chúi-niá
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshuǐlǐng [Phonetic: fēnshuílǐng]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fenshuěilǐng
- Wade–Giles: fên1-shui3-ling3
- Yale: fēn-shwěi-lǐng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshoeiliing
- Palladius: фэньшуйлин (fɛnʹšujlin)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fan1 seoi2 leng5
- Yale: fān séui léhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fan1 soey2 leng5
- Guangdong Romanization: fen1 sêu2 léng5
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-súi-léng
- Tâi-lô: hun-suí-líng
- Phofsit Daibuun: hunsuyleang
- IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chúi-niá
- Tâi-lô: pun-tsuí-niá
- Phofsit Daibuun: punzuyniar
- IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Noun
分水嶺
- (geography) watershed; divide
- (figurative) critical point marking a change in course or development; turning point; critical indicator
- 這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！ [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)
- Zhè zhǒng shìqíng shì fūqī gǎnqíng hǎo huài de fēnshuǐlǐng, shìjīnshí! [Pinyin]
- This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!
这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！ [MSC, simp.]
Derived terms
Korean
| Hanja in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 分 | 水 | 嶺 |
Noun
分水嶺 • (bunsuryeong) (hangeul 분수령)