無源之水

Chinese

		without a source	's; him/her/it; this	water; river
trad. (無源之水)		無源	之	水
simp. (无源之水)		无源	之	水
Literally: “water without a source”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúyuánzhīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúyuánzhīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúyuánjhihshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-yüan²-chih¹-shui³
    • Yale: wú-ywán-jr̄-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuyuanjyshoei
    • Palladius: уюаньчжишуй (ujuanʹčžišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

無源之水

1. (figuratively) baseless

Derived terms

• 無根之木，無源之水／无根之木，无源之水 (wúgēn zhī mù, wúyuán zhī shuǐ)
• 無源之水，無本之木／无源之水，无本之木 (wúyuán zhī shuǐ, wúběn zhī mù)