順水推舟

Chinese

		downstream; with the stream	push; refuse (responsibility); shove	boat
trad. (順水推舟)		順水	推	舟
simp. (顺水推舟)		顺水	推	舟
Literally: “to push the boat along the current”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùnshuǐtuīzhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
Min Nan (POJ): sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shùnshuǐtuīzhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoeitueijou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
  - Yale: seuhn séui tēui jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ soey² toey¹ dzau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ sêu² têu¹ zeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí-tshui-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuyzhuiciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui³³ t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/

Idiom

順水推舟

to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation

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