井水不犯河水

Chinese

		wellwater		river water; Yellow River
simp. and trad. (井水不犯河水)		井水	不犯	河水
variant forms		河水不犯井水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngshuǐ bùfàn héshuǐ [Phonetic: jíngshuǐbúfànhéshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingshoei bufann hershoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeng² seoi² bat¹ faan⁶ ho⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: jéng séui bāt faahn hòh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng² soey² bat⁷ faan⁶ ho⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zéng² sêu² bed¹ fan⁶ ho⁴ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fäːn²² hɔː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

井水不犯河水

“wellwater not interfering with the river water”—two things keeping to themselves; everyone minding their own business

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