渾水摸魚

Chinese

		muddy water; chaotic situation	to stroke fish; to catch fish; to slack off
trad. (渾水摸魚)		渾水	摸魚
simp. (浑水摸鱼)		浑水	摸鱼
alternative forms		混水摸魚／混水摸鱼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): húnshuǐmōyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴, wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: húnshuǐmōyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húnshuěimoyú
    • Wade–Giles: hun²-shui³-mo¹-yü²
    • Yale: hwún-shwěi-mwō-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwenshoeimhoyu
    • Palladius: хуньшуймоюй (xunʹšujmojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 混水摸魚／混水摸鱼 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu⁴, wan⁶ seoi² mo² jyu^4-2
    • Yale: wahn séui mó yùh, wahn séui mó yú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁶ soey² mo² jy⁴, wan⁶ soey² mo² jy^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁶ sêu² mo² yu⁴, wen⁶ sêu² mo² yu^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²² sɵy̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹/, /wɐn²² sɵy̯³⁵ mɔː³⁵ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/

Idiom

渾水摸魚

1. to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain; to fish in troubled waters