止水
Chinese
| to stop; prohibit; till | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (止水) |
止 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐshuǐ [Phonetic: zhíshuǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chih3-shui3
- Yale: jř-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshoei
- Palladius: чжишуй (čžišuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi2 seoi2
- Yale: jí séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: ji2 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chúi
- Tâi-lô: tsí-tsuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: cyzuie
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
止水
- still water; unflowing water
- 仲尼曰：“人莫鑑於流水，而鑑於止水。唯止，能止衆止。” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Zhòngní yuē: “Rén mò jiànyú liúshuǐ, ér jiànyú zhǐshuǐ. Wéi zhǐ, néng zhǐ zhòng zhǐ.” [Pinyin]
- Confucius said, “No man takes flowing water as his mirror, he observes himself in still water. Only the still can still the stillness within the multitude.”
仲尼曰：“人莫鉴于流水，而鉴于止水。唯止，能止众止。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
- 心如止水 (xīnrúzhǐshuǐ)