浮沉
Chinese
| to float | submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (浮沉) | 浮 | 沉 | |
| simp. #(浮沉) | 浮 | 沉 | |
| alternative forms | 浮沈 | ||
| anagram | 沉浮 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: fúchén
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fúchén
- Wade–Giles: fu2-chʻên2
- Yale: fú-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwuchern
- Palladius: фучэнь (fučɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- Homophones:
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浮塵 / 浮尘
浮沉
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fau4 cam4
- Yale: fàuh chàhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: fau4 tsam4
- Guangdong Romanization: feo4 cem4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phû-tîm
- Tâi-lô: phû-tîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: phu'diim
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰu²³⁻³³ tim²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /pʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ tim²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hû-tîm
- Tâi-lô: hû-tîm
- Phofsit Daibuun: hu'diim
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu¹³⁻²² tim¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /hu²⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Verb
浮沉
- to float and sink in the water
- (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along
- 宦海浮沉 ― huànhǎifúchén ― ups and downs of officialdom
Derived terms
- 宦海浮沉 (huànhǎifúchén)
- 浮沉船塢 / 浮沉船坞
- 浮沉酒醆 / 浮沉酒盏
- 浮浮沉沉
- 與世浮沉 / 与世浮沉
- 與時浮沉 / 与时浮沉
- 隨俗浮沉 / 随俗浮沉