分水嶺

See also: 分水岭

Chinese

		to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	water; river	mountain range
trad. (分水嶺)		分	水	嶺
simp. (分水岭)		分	水	岭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnshuǐlǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ seoi² leng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hun-súi-léng / pun-chúi-niá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshuǐlǐng [Phonetic: fēnshuílǐng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fenshuěilǐng
  - Wade–Giles: fên¹-shui³-ling³
  - Yale: fēn-shwěi-lǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshoeiliing
  - Palladius: фэньшуйлин (fɛnʹšujlin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan¹ seoi² leng⁵
  - Yale: fān séui léhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ soey² leng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ sêu² léng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ lɛːŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-súi-léng
  - Tâi-lô: hun-suí-líng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hunsuyleang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pun-chúi-niá
  - Tâi-lô: pun-tsuí-niá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: punzuyniar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ niã⁵³/

Noun

分水嶺

(geography) watershed; divide
(figurative) critical point marking a change in course or development; turning point; critical indicator
- 這種事情是夫妻感情好壞的分水嶺，試金石！ [MSC, trad.]
  这种事情是夫妻感情好坏的分水岭，试金石！ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2003: Wang Hailing, 中國式離婚 (Divorce, China style/Chapter 10)
  Zhè zhǒng shìqíng shì fūqī gǎnqíng hǎo huài de fēnshuǐlǐng, shìjīnshí! [Pinyin]
  This (a couple's sex life) is the kind of thing that is a critical indicator, an acid test, of how a husband and wife feel about each other!

Derived terms

大分水嶺／大分水岭 (Dàfēnshuǐlǐng)

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