死水

死水

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	water; river
simp. and trad. (死水)		死	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): sí-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐshuǐ [Phonetic: síshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² seoi²
    • Yale: séi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

死水

1. stagnant water; backwater

Antonyms

• 活水 (huóshuǐ)