滴水不漏
Chinese
| a drop; to drip | water; river | not; no | funnel; to leak; to let out funnel; to leak; to let out; to divulge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (滴水不漏) | 滴 | 水 | 不 | 漏 | |
| simp. #(滴水不漏) | 滴 | 水 | 不 | 漏 | |
| Literally: “not one drop of water leaks”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dīshuǐbùlòu [Phonetic: dīshuǐbúlòu]
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dishuěibùlòu
- Wade–Giles: ti1-shui3-pu4-lou4
- Yale: dī-shwěi-bù-lòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dishoeibulow
- Palladius: дишуйбулоу (dišujbulou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dik6 seoi2 bat1 lau6
- Yale: dihk séui bāt lauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dik9 soey2 bat7 lau6
- Guangdong Romanization: dig6 sêu2 bed1 leo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
滴水不漏
- completely rigorous; watertight; very tight
Synonyms
- 點水不漏／点水不漏