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 ㄊㄨㄟ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sūn-chúi-thui-chiu / sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung⁶ zui² tui¹ ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnshuǐtuīzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄊㄨㄟ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnshuěitueijhou
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-shui³-tʻui¹-chou¹
    • Yale: shwùn-shwěi-twēi-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshoeitueijou
    • Palladius: шуньшуйтуйчжоу (šunʹšujtujčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon⁶ seoi² teoi¹ zau¹
    • Yale: seuhn séui tēui jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁶ soey² toey¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên⁶ sêu² têu¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²² sɵy̯³⁵ tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi-thui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí-thui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuy'tuiciw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-chúi-chhui-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: sūn-tsuí-tshui-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxnzuyzhuiciw
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung⁶ zui² tui¹ ziu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭng tsúi thui tsiu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰui³³⁻²³ t͡siu³³/

Idiom

順水推舟

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 順水推舟 (“to do something with the prevailing climate or tendency; to take advantage of the situation”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		順水推舟, 順水推船, 順水行舟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	順水推船兒, 推順水船兒
	Taiwan	順水推舟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	順風使𢃇
	Hong Kong	順水推舟
Hakka	Meixian	順風使舵
Southern Min	Xiamen	順水推舟, 順風捒倒牆
	Quanzhou	順風捒倒牆
	Zhangzhou	順風捒倒牆
	Shantou	順風使舵