止水

止水

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	water; river
simp. and trad. (止水)		止	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): chí-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐshuǐ [Phonetic: zhíshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² seoi²
    • Yale: jí séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

止水

1. still water; unflowing water

Derived terms

心如止水 (xīnrúzhǐshuǐ)