泔水

泔水

Chinese

		slop from rinsing rice	water; river
simp. and trad. (泔水)		泔	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gānshuǐ → gānshui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.shoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganshue̊i
    • IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /kän⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ seoi²
    • Yale: gām séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

泔水

1. slops; swill; hogwash

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 潘水, 潘醪, 潘泔 (pāngān), 米潘, 潘 (phun)

Derived terms

泔水桶

米泔水 (mǐgānshuǐ)