羊水

羊水

Chinese

		caprid	water; river
simp. and trad. (羊水)		羊	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ seoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): iûⁿ-chúi / iôⁿ-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yángshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangshoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángshuěi
    • IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ˧˥ ʂweɪ̯˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: yèuhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːŋ˨˩ sɵy̯˧˥/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: iûnn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: viuzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iũ˨˦꜕꜕ t͡sui˥˧/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iũ˨˦꜕꜕ t͡sui˥˥˦/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: iônn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vioizuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃˩˧꜕꜕ t͡sui˥˧/

Noun

羊水

1. amniotic fluid

   我太太羊水破了。  ―  Wǒ tàitai yángshuǐ pò le.  ―  My wife's water broke.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
羊	水
よう Grade: 3	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/yausui/ → /yoːsui/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [joːsui]

Noun

羊水 (hiragana ようすい, rōmaji yōsui, historical hiragana やうすい)

1. amniotic fluid

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
羊	水

Noun

羊水 • (yangsu) (hangeul 양수)

1. Hanja form^? of 양수 (“amniotic fluid”).