牛車水

牛車水

See also: 牛车水

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	water; river
trad. (牛車水)		牛	車	水
simp. (牛车水)		牛	车	水
Literally: “ox water-cart”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Niúchēshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ ce¹ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Ngiù-Chhâ-Súi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): gû-chhia-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghu⁵ cia¹ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Niúchēshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nióucheshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Niu²-chʻê¹-shui³
    • Yale: Nyóu-chē-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nioucheshoei
    • Palladius: Нючэшуй (Njučɛšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /njoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ ce¹ seoi²
    • Yale: ngàuh chē séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ tse¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ cé¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ngiù-Chhâ-Súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiuˇ ca´ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu² ca¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯u¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gû-chhia-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: gû-tshia-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guchiazuie
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡu²⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰia⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁴²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghu⁵ cia¹ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gû tshia tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia³³⁻²³ t͡sui⁵²/

Proper noun

牛車水

1. Chinatown, Singapore

Synonyms

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唐人埠 (Tángrénbù) (in San Francisco) 唐人街 (tángrénjiē) 堤岸 (dī'àn) (in Ho Chi Minh City) 大唐街 (dàtángjiē) (obsolete)

中國城／中国城 (zhōngguóchéng) 中華街／中华街 (Zhōnghuájiē) (in Yokohama and Nagasaki) 華埠／华埠 (huábù) (literary)