水火不容

Chinese

		water; river	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	not; no	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
simp. and trad. (水火不容)		水	火	不	容
Literally: “to be incompatible as fire and water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐhuǒbùróng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐhuǒbùróng [Phonetic: shuíhuǒbùróng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuuoburong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² fo² bat¹ jung⁴
  - Yale: séui fó bāt yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fo² bat⁷ jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fo² bed¹ yung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

水火不容

to be incompatible

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