"沉浮" meaning in Chinese

See 沉浮 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 沈浮 [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 沉浮
  1. to sink and emerge in water
    Sense id: en-沉浮-zh-verb-NQ~CApZu
  2. (figurative) to go up and down; to drift along Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-沉浮-zh-verb-4DdhjMm4 Categories (other): Chinese antonymous compounds, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese antonymous compounds: 14 86 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 宦海沉浮, 沉沉浮浮, 與世沉浮, 与世沉浮, 隨世沉浮, 随世沉浮, 隨俗沉浮, 随俗沉浮
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      "word": "浮沉"
    }
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "沉沉浮浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "與世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "与世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "隨世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "随世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "隨俗沉浮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "随俗沉浮"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
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      "form": "沈浮",
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        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
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  ],
  "head_templates": [
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to sink and emerge in water"
      ],
      "id": "en-沉浮-zh-verb-NQ~CApZu",
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ],
        [
          "emerge",
          "emerge"
        ],
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          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "8 92",
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "7 93",
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              0,
              13
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              13
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "ups and downs of officialdom",
          "roman": "huànhǎichénfú",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
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      ],
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        "to go up and down; to drift along"
      ],
      "id": "en-沉浮-zh-verb-4DdhjMm4",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "up and down",
          "up and down"
        ],
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ],
        [
          "along",
          "along"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to go up and down; to drift along"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim⁵ pu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻên²-fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chén-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chernfwu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnʹfu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэньфу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "沉浮",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "臣服",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàhm fàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cem⁴ feo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dimphuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim⁵ pu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm phû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "沉浮"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "浮沉"
    }
  ],
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    "Chinese antonymous compounds",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 沉",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 浮",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "宦海沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "沉沉浮浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "與世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "与世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "隨世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "随世沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "隨俗沉浮"
    },
    {
      "word": "随俗沉浮"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "沈浮",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "沉浮",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sink and emerge in water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ],
        [
          "emerge",
          "emerge"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "ups and downs of officialdom",
          "roman": "huànhǎichénfú",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "宦海沉浮",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go up and down; to drift along"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "up and down",
          "up and down"
        ],
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ],
        [
          "along",
          "along"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to go up and down; to drift along"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim⁵ pu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénfú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻên²-fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chén-fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chernfwu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnʹfu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэньфу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fu³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "沉浮",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "臣服",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chàhm fàuh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsam⁴ fau⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cem⁴ feo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ fɐu̯²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-phû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dimphuu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim¹³⁻²² pʰu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²³⁻³³ pʰu²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dim⁵ pu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm phû"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "沉浮"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 沉浮 meaning in Chinese (4.1kB)

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