河水不犯井水

Chinese

		river water; Yellow River	not; no	to violate; to offend	wellwater
simp. and trad. (河水不犯井水)		河水	不	犯	井水
Literally: “river water not interfering with the wellwater”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): héshuǐ bùfàn jǐngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ zeng² seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: héshuǐ bùfàn jǐngshuǐ [Phonetic: héshuǐbúfànjíngshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: héshuěi bùfàn jǐngshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-shui³ pu⁴-fan⁴ ching³-shui³
  - Yale: hé-shwěi bù-fàn jǐng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershoei bufann jiingshoei
  - Palladius: хэшуй буфань цзиншуй (xɛšuj bufanʹ czinšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ zeng² seoi²
  - Yale: hòh séui bāt faahn jéng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ soey² bat⁷ faan⁶ dzeng² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ sêu² bed¹ fan⁶ zéng² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ faːn²² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

河水不犯井水

Alternative form of 井水不犯河水 (jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ, “two things keeping to themselves”)

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