汽水

汽水

Chinese

		steam; vapor	water; river
simp. and trad. (汽水)		汽	水
anagram		水汽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): hei³ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei¹ sui²

• Gan (Wiktionary): qi³ sui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi-súi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³ zui²

• Wu (Wiktionary): qi sr (T1); qi sr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-shui³
    • Yale: chì-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoei
    • Palladius: цишуй (cišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěir
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-shuirh³
    • Yale: chì-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoel
    • Palladius: цишуйр (cišujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂwəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ seoi²
    • Yale: hei séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hei¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei³³ sui⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qi³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹³⁻²⁴ sui²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: khì-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: qi sr (T1); qi sr (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/, /t͡ɕʰi³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

汽水

1. soft drink
2. carbonated water; soda water
3. brackish water

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 汽水 (“(carbonated) soft drink”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		汽水, 軟性飲料, 軟飲料
Mandarin	Beijing	汽水兒
	Taiwan	汽水
	Wanrong	汽水
	Guilin	汽水
	Malaysia	汽水
	Singapore	汽水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	汽水, 荷蘭水 dated
	Hong Kong	汽水, 荷蘭水 dated
	Taishan	汽水, 涼水 dated
	Beihai	汽水
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	汽水
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	汽水
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	汽水, 荷蘭水
	Móng Cái	甜水
Gan	Nanchang	汽水
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	汽水, 涼水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	汽水, 涼水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	汽水, 涼水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	汽水, 涼水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	汽水, 涼水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	汽水, 涼水
Min Nan	Xiamen	汽水, 荷蘭西水 dated
	Quanzhou	汽水
	Zhangzhou	汽水, 荷蘭西水 dated
	Taipei	汽水
	Kaohsiung	汽水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	汽水, 沐水 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	汽水
	Chaozhou	汽水
	Shantou	汽水
	Jieyang	汽水
	Bangkok (Teochew)	汽水
	Pontianak (Teochew)	汽水
Wu	Shanghai	汽水, 荷蘭水 dated
	Danyang	汽水
	Ningbo	汽水, 荷蘭水 dated

• (brackish water): 半海水 (bànhǎishuǐ)

Further reading

• “Entry #3305”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
汽	水
き Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

汽(き)水(すい) • (kisui) 

1. brackish water, the mixture of river water and sea water around the mouth of a river.