Sanshui

Sanshui

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) San-shui

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 三水 (Sānshuǐ, literally “three waters”).

Proper noun

Sanshui

1. A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; former county of Guangdong, China.
   • 1978 May 28, “Drought striken North”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XIX, number 21, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 3:

     People in some 10 counties along the West River basin in Kwangtung Province have been mobilized to join in flood-fighting or disaster relief work, with more than 10,000 in Sanshui County alone.

   • 2018 March 4, Ng, Huiwen, “Grandma Mary to star in reality talent show Chinese Dream Show”, in The Straits Times‎, archived from the original on 04 March 2018:

     This month, she will travel to the Sanshui District in Guangdong province to begin recording the show. The 10th season of Chinese Dream Show began last Sunday (Feb 25).

Synonyms

• (from Cantonese) Samshui

Translations

district of Foshan, Guangdong

Chinese: Cantonese: 三水 (saam1 seoi2) Mandarin: 三水 (zh) (Sānshuǐ)

Anagrams

• Hussain