順水人情

Chinese

		downstream; with the stream	human sentiment; natural human feelings; inherent goodness of human nature
trad. (順水人情)		順水	人情
simp. (顺水人情)		顺水	人情

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùnshuǐrénqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ seoi² jan⁴ cing⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùnshuǐrénqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùnshuěiréncíng
  - Wade–Giles: shun⁴-shui³-jên²-chʻing²
  - Yale: shwùn-shwěi-rén-chíng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoeirenchyng
  - Palladius: шуньшуйжэньцин (šunʹšujžɛnʹcin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁶ seoi² jan⁴ cing⁴
  - Yale: seuhn séui yàhn chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ soey² jan⁴ tsing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ sêu² yen⁴ qing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

順水人情

favour done (for others) at little or no cost

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