行雲流水

Chinese

		a drifting cloud	flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water
trad. (行雲流水)		行雲	流水
simp. (行云流水)		行云	流水
Literally: “moving clouds and flowing water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngyúnliúshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ wan⁴ lau⁴ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngyúnliúshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngyúnlióushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-yün²-liu²-shui³
    • Yale: syíng-yún-lyóu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngyunlioushoei
    • Palladius: синъюньлюшуй (sinʺjunʹljušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ yn³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ wan⁴ lau⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: hàhng wàhn làuh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ wan⁴ lau⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ wen⁴ leo⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ wɐn²¹ lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

行雲流水

1. (of calligraphy, writing, etc.) very smooth and natural; natural and unforced style

Synonyms

• 流水行雲／流水行云 (liúshuǐxíngyún)