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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: húnshuǐmōyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄩˊ
  - 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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    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

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

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