水落石出

Chinese

		(of water) to lower	rock; stone; 10 pecks	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)
trad. (水落石出)		水落	石	出
simp. #(水落石出)		水落	石	出

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	水	落	石	出	出
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)	常 (25)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	鐸 (103)	昔 (123)	脂 (16)	術 (52)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III	III
Fanqie	式軌切	盧各切	常隻切	尺類切	赤律切
Baxter	sywijX	lak	dzyek	tsyhwijH	tsyhwit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕˠiuɪX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰiuɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕʷᵚiX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰʷiH/	/t͡ɕʰʷit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuɪX/	/lɑk̚/	/d͡ʑiæk̚/	/t͡ɕʰjuɪH/	/t͡ɕʰjuet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕjwiX/	/lak̚/	/d͡ʑiajk̚/	/cʰwiH/	/cʰwit̚/
Li Rong	/ɕjuiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰuiH/	/t͡ɕʰiuĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ɕwiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰĭuĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕwiX/	/lɑk̚/	/ʑi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕʰwiH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯uĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuǐ	luò	shí	chuì	chu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2	lok6	sik6	ceoi3	ceot1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐluòshíchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² lok⁶ sek⁶ ceot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐluòshíchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄕˊ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiluòshíhchu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-lo⁴-shih²-chʻu¹
    • Yale: shwěi-lwò-shŕ-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiluohshyrchu
    • Palladius: шуйлошичу (šujlošiču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² lok⁶ sek⁶ ceot¹
    • Yale: séui lohk sehk chēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² lok⁹ sek⁹ tsoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² log⁶ ség⁶ cêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ lɔːk̚² sɛːk̚² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sywijX lak dzyek tsyhwijH|tsyhwit

Idiom

水落石出

1. (literally) the water recedes and the rocks appear

   • 江流有聲，斷岸千尺；山高月小，水落石出。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     江流有声，断岸千尺；山高月小，水落石出。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1082, Su Shi, 《後赤壁賦》, translated by Luo Jingguo（罗经国）

     Jiāng liú yǒu shēng, duàn àn qiān chǐ; shān gāo yuè xiǎo, shuǐ luò shí chū. [Pinyin]

     The river gurgled between cliffs that rose a thousand feet high on either side. The moon looked small over the lofty mountains. Where the river rapids had receded, rocks came into view.

2. (figurative) truth being revealed

   弄個水落石出／弄个水落石出  ―  nòng ge shuǐluòshíchū  ―  to get to the bottom of the matter