"水洩不通" meaning in Chinese

See 水洩不通 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ siap̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰoŋ³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 水泄不通 [Simplified-Chinese], 水泄不通 [Traditional-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 水洩不通
  1. densely packed; extremely crowded; impenetrable Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 人山人海 (rénshānrénhǎi), 插針都插唔入 [Cantonese], 插针都插唔入 [Cantonese]
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "水泄不通",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "水泄不通",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "水洩不通",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "even water cannot flow out",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Teochew chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "densely packed; extremely crowded; impenetrable"
      ],
      "id": "en-水洩不通-zh-phrase-M7CMVNk-",
      "links": [
        [
          "densely",
          "densely"
        ],
        [
          "packed",
          "packed"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "crowded",
          "crowded"
        ],
        [
          "impenetrable",
          "impenetrable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "rénshānrénhǎi",
          "word": "人山人海"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "插針都插唔入"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "插针都插唔入"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuǐxièbùtōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zui² siab⁸ bug⁴ tong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuǐxièbùtōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuěisièbùtong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shui³-hsieh⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shwěi-syè-bù-tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shoeishiehbutong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šujsebutun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шуйсебутун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séui sit bāt tūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soey² sit⁸ bat⁷ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêu² xid³ bed¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zui² siab⁸ bug⁴ tong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsúi sia̍p puk thong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ siap̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰoŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "水洩不通"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "水泄不通",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "水泄不通",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "水洩不通",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "even water cannot flow out",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 水",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 洩",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 通",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew chengyu",
        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "densely packed; extremely crowded; impenetrable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "densely",
          "densely"
        ],
        [
          "packed",
          "packed"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "crowded",
          "crowded"
        ],
        [
          "impenetrable",
          "impenetrable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuǐxièbùtōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zui² siab⁸ bug⁴ tong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuǐxièbùtōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuěisièbùtong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shui³-hsieh⁴-pu⁴-tʻung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shwěi-syè-bù-tūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shoeishiehbutong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šujsebutun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шуйсебутун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi² sit³ bat¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "séui sit bāt tūng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soey² sit⁸ bat⁷ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêu² xid³ bed¹ tung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵy̯³⁵ siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zui² siab⁸ bug⁴ tong¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsúi sia̍p puk thong"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ siap̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ tʰoŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "rénshānrénhǎi",
      "word": "人山人海"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "插針都插唔入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "插针都插唔入"
    }
  ],
  "word": "水洩不通"
}

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