水洩不通

Chinese

		water; river	divulge; leak out	to be obstructed; to be unable to get through
trad. (水洩不通/水泄不通)		水	洩/泄	不通
simp. (水泄不通)		水	泄	不通
Literally: “even water cannot flow out”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐxièbùtōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐxièbùtōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishiehbu4tong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹
  - Yale: séui sit bāt tūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sit⁸ bat⁷ tung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xid³ bed¹ tung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

水洩不通

densely packed; extremely crowded; impenetrable

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