潛移默化
See also: 潜移默化
Chinese
hidden; latent; secret hidden; latent; secret; to hide; to conceal; to submerge |
to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove |
silent; write from memory | to make into; to change into; ‑ization to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (潛移默化) | 潛 | 移 | 默 | 化 | |
| simp. (潜移默化) | 潜 | 移 | 默 | 化 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): qiányímòhuà, qiǎnyímòhuà
- (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cim4 ji4 mak6 faa3
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiányímòhuà
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciányímòhuà
- Wade–Giles: chʻien2-i2-mo4-hua4
- Yale: chyán-yí-mwò-hwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanyimohhuah
- Palladius: цяньимохуа (cjanʹimoxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎnyímòhuà
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄧˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎnyímòhuà
- Wade–Giles: chʻien3-i2-mo4-hua4
- Yale: chyǎn-yí-mwò-hwà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheanyimohhuah
- Palladius: цяньимохуа (cjanʹimoxua)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cim4 ji4 mak6 faa3
- Yale: chìhm yìh mahk fa
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsim4 ji4 mak9 faa3
- Guangdong Romanization: qim4 yi4 meg6 fa3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːm²¹ jiː²¹ mɐk̚² faː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâm-î-be̍k-hòa
- Tâi-lô: tsiâm-î-bi̍k-huà
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciam'i'beghoax
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua¹¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²⁴⁻²² i²⁴⁻²² biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²³⁻³³ i²³⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâm-î-be̍k-hòa
- Tâi-lô: tshiâm-î-bi̍k-huà
- Phofsit Daibuun: chiam'i'beghoax
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiam²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiam²³⁻³³ i²³⁻³³ biɪk̚⁴⁻³² hua²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ciam5 i5 mig8 huê3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiâm î mi̍k huè
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ i⁵⁵⁻¹¹ mik̚⁴⁻² hue²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Idiom
潛移默化
- to influence secretly, subtly; to change due to unnoticeable influence