Chinese Word Detail

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

井水不犯河水

zeng2 seoi2 bat1 faan6 ho4 seoi2

jing3 shui3 bu4 fan4 he2 shui3

everyone minds their own business

Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

井水不犯河水

This word was added by bybell on 27th Mar 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Mandarin
Learn Spanish | Free dish TV deals | Learn Chinese

井 zing2 zeng2 jing3 - a well; thing in the shape of a well
水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
犯 faan6 faan2 fan4 - to offend; to invade; to violate; to commit
河 ho4 he2 - river, stream
水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/20619/]井水不犯河水[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/20619/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">井水不犯河水</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 井水不犯河水

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).

the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread