混水摸魚

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Chinese

		to mix; to get along; thoughtless to mix; to get along; thoughtless; confused; dirty; mix	water; river	to stroke fish; to catch fish; to slack off
trad. (混水摸魚)		混	水	摸魚
simp. (混水摸鱼)		混	水	摸鱼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): húnshuǐmōyú, hùnshuǐmōyú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ, ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húnshuǐmōyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: húnshuěimoyú
  - Wade–Giles: hun²-shui³-mo¹-yü²
  - Yale: hwún-shwěi-mwō-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenshoeimhoyu
  - Palladius: хуньшуймоюй (xunʹšujmojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    混水摸魚／混水摸鱼
    渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hùnshuǐmōyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hùnshuěimoyú
  - Wade–Giles: hun⁴-shui³-mo¹-yü²
  - Yale: hwùn-shwěi-mwō-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huennshoeimhoyu
  - Palladius: хуньшуймоюй (xunʹšujmojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴
  - Yale: wahn séui mó yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ soey² mo² jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ sêu² mo² yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² sɵy̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹/

Idiom

混水摸魚

Alternative form of 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú)

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