食水

食水

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	water; river
trad. (食水)		食	水
simp. #(食水)		食	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ seoi²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sed⁶ sui³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁸ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-shui³
    • Yale: shŕ-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrshoei
    • Palladius: шишуй (šišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: sihk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sed⁶ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sət̚⁵ suɪ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁸ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍h tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵²/

Noun

食水

1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
2. (Cantonese) drinking water; potable water

Synonyms

• (draft): 吃水 (chīshuǐ)
• (drinking water):

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吃水 (chīshuǐ) 飲水／饮水 (yǐnshuǐ)

飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)

Verb

食⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to make large profits
2. (Hakka, Teochew) to drink water
3. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric)
4. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wash new cloth in water
5. (Min Nan, figurative) to vainly hope to (do something); to attempt in vain

Synonyms

• (to drink water):

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啉水 (Hakka, Hokkien) 喝水 (hēshuǐ)

飲水／饮水 (yǐnshuǐ) (literary or Cantonese, Hakka)

• (to absorb water and shrink): (Hokkien) 束水, 落水, 燥水
• (to vainly hope): 妄想 (wàngxiǎng)

Derived terms

新澤西，食水深／新泽西，食水深

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Korean

Hanja in this term
食	水

Noun

食水 • (siksu) (hangeul 식수)

1. Hanja form^? of 식수 (“drinking water”).