沉浮
Chinese
submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop |
to float | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (沉浮) | 沉 | 浮 | |
| simp. #(沉浮) | 沉 | 浮 | |
| alternative forms | 沈浮 | ||
| anagram | 浮沉 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cam4 fau4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: chénfú
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chénfú
- Wade–Giles: chʻên2-fu2
- Yale: chén-fú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernfwu
- Palladius: чэньфу (čɛnʹfu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/
- Homophones:
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臣服
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cam4 fau4
- Yale: chàhm fàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsam4 fau4
- Guangdong Romanization: cem4 feo4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-phû
- Tâi-lô: tîm-phû
- Phofsit Daibuun: dimphuu
- IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dim5 pu5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tîm phû
- Sinological IPA (key): /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
沉浮
- to sink and emerge in water
- (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along
- 宦海沉浮 ― huànhǎichénfú ― ups and downs of officialdom
Derived terms
- 宦海沉浮
- 沉沉浮浮
- 與世沉浮 / 与世沉浮
- 隨世沉浮 / 随世沉浮
- 隨俗沉浮 / 随俗沉浮