過水

過水

See also: 过水

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	water; river
trad. (過水)		過	水
simp. (过水)		过	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-súi
• Min Dong (BUC): guó-cuōi
• Min Nan (POJ): kè-chúi / kèr-chúi / kòe-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guòshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ seoi²
    • Yale: gwo séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ sêu²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: go sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ sui³
    • IPA: /ko⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guó-cuōi
    • IPA ^(key): /kuo²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒuoi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kè-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keazuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeazuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

過水

1. to dunk hot noodles in cool water before serving them
2. to rinse (clothes); to wash out
3. (literary or Hakka, Min Nan) to cross a river or stream
4. (mahjong) to relinquish one's chance of completing a hand
5. (obsolete, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
6. (dialectal Mandarin) to let water flow past
7. (Cantonese) to pay; to hand over the money
8. (Hakka) to pass a test
9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) to leak water; to seep
10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to become overripe
11. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou Min Nan, dated) to cross the ocean and go to Southeast Asia