生水

生水

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	water; river
simp. and trad. (生水)		生	水
anagram		水生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiⁿ-chúi / chheⁿ-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengshoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengshuěi
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sāang séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /säːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshinn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvizuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshenn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

生水

1. unboiled water

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	水
なま Grade: 1	みず Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

生 (“raw”) +‎ 水 (“water”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) なま​みず [nàmáꜜmìzù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠mʲizɨᵝ]

Noun

生水 (hiragana なまみず, rōmaji namamizu)

1. raw water, unboiled water
2. tap water

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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Korean

Hanja in this term
生	水

Noun

生水 • (saengsu) (hangeul 생수)

1. Hanja form^? of 생수 (“mineral water (natural, spring)”).