隨波逐流

Chinese

		to follow; to comply with; to allow to follow; to comply with; to allow; surname	wave; (Cantonese) ball	to pursue; to chase; individually to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (隨波逐流)		隨	波	逐	流
simp. (随波逐流)		随	波	逐	流
Literally: “to drift with the waves”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suíbōzhúliú

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi⁴ bo¹ zuk⁶ lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suíbōzhúliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄛㄓㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suéibojhúlióu
  - Wade–Giles: sui²-po¹-chu²-liu²
  - Yale: swéi-bwō-jú-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sweibojwuliou
  - Palladius: суйбочжулю (sujbočžulju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi⁴ bo¹ zuk⁶ lau⁴
  - Yale: chèuih bō juhk làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey⁴ bo¹ dzuk⁹ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu⁴ bo¹ zug⁶ leo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ pɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚² lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

隨波逐流

(derogatory) to go with the flow; to swim with the tide; to act or behave the same way as the majority of others

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