水着

水着

Chinese

		water; river	garment
simp. and trad. (水着)		水	着
alternative forms		水著

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水着 (mizugi, “swimsuit”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhuó
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-cho²
    • Yale: shwěi-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijwo
    • Palladius: шуйчжо (šujčžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zoek³
    • Yale: séui jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡ʃœːk̚³/

Noun

水着

1. (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) swimsuit, usually female version

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 泳裝 (“swimsuit”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		泳裝, 泳衣, 游泳衣
Mandarin	Taiwan	水着
	Singapore	游泳裝, 游泳衣 female, 游泳褲 male
Cantonese	Hong Kong	泳衣, 泳裝, 游水衫, 游水裝, 水着
	Macau	泳衣, 泳裝, 游水衫, 游水裝, 水着

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	着
みず Grade: 1	き > ぎ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 着 (ki, “wear, clothes”).[1][2][3] The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from 1908.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずぎ [mìzúgí] (Heiban – [0])[2][4][3]
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝɡʲi]

Noun

水(みず)着(ぎ) • (mizugi) 

1. [from 1908] a swimsuit, a bathing suit, swim trunks

   彼(かの)女(じょ)は可(か)愛(わい)い水(みず)着(ぎ)を着(き)ている。

   Kanojo wa kawaii mizugi o kite iru.

   She's wearing a cute bathing suit.

   あの水(みず)着(ぎ)は、とっても似(に)合(あ)いますよ。

   Ano mizugi wa, tottemo niaimasu yo.

   That swimsuit really suits you!

Synonyms

• 海(かい)水(すい)着(ぎ) (kaisuigi)

Derived terms

• セパレート水(みず)着(ぎ) (separēto mizugi, “two-piece swimsuit”)

See also

• 水(すい)泳(えい) (suiei, “swimming”)
• スク水(みず) (sukumizu)
• ビキニ (bikini)

References

1. “水着”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN