流水賬
Chinese
| flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water | account | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (流水賬) | 流水 | 賬 | |
| simp. (流水账) | 流水 | 账 | |
| alternative forms | 流水帳／流水帐 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liúshuǐzhàng
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěijhàng
- Wade–Giles: liu2-shui3-chang4
- Yale: lyóu-shwěi-jàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoeijanq
- Palladius: люшуйчжан (ljušujčžan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lau4 seoi2 zoeng3
- Yale: làuh séui jeung
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4 soey2 dzoeng3
- Guangdong Romanization: leo4 sêu2 zêng3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: liu5 zui2 dion3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû tsúi tiòⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩõ²¹³/
- (Teochew)
Noun
流水賬
- (finance, accounting) day-to-day accounts; daybook (account book that records every item by chronological order, not sorted by category)
- (figurative, derogatory) mechanical account (a style of writing or narration that merely records chronologically without analysis or reflection)