硬水

硬水

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	water; river
simp. and trad. (硬水)		硬	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): ngē-chúi / ngǐ-chúi / ngī-chúi / ngēe-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: ngaahng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngē-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngē-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngexzuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngǐ-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngēe-tsuí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

硬水

1. (chemistry) hard water

Antonyms

• 軟水／软水 (ruǎnshuǐ)

Adjective

硬水

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) arduous; strenuous

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 硬氣／硬气 (yìngqi), 硬頭／硬头, 硬斗, 硬繚／硬缭

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
硬	水
こう Grade: S	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーすい [kòósúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

硬水 (hiragana こうすい, rōmaji kōsui, historical hiragana かうすい)

1. (chemistry) hard water

Antonyms

• 軟水 (なんすい) (nansui)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN