縮水

See also: 缩水

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	water; river
trad. (縮水)		縮	水
simp. (缩水)		缩	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suōshuǐ
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): suk¹ seoi²
(Taishan, Wiktionary): suuk¹ sui²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-súi
Jin (Wiktionary): suah^4-3 sui²
Min Nan (POJ): sok-chúi / siok-chúi
Wu (Wiktionary): soq (T4) + sr (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suōshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suoshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: so¹-shui³
  - Yale: swō-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoshoei
  - Palladius: сошуй (sošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /swɔ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ seoi²
  - Yale: sūk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: suuk¹ sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵk̚³³ sui⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sog` sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /sok̚² su̯i³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: suah^4-3 sui²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /suaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ suei⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: sok-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: siok-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siokzuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: soq (T4) + sr (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊʔ⁴⁴ sz̩³⁴/

Verb

縮水

to shrink in the wash
to shrink; to contract (of profits, quantities, scales, etc.)
to become dehydrated

Synonyms

(shrink in the wash): 抽水 (chōushuǐ)
(become dehydrated): 脫水／脱水 (tuōshuǐ)

References

阿塗 [Ah To] (2017), 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing