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

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• 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

1. favour done (for others) at little or no cost