吸水

Chinese

		to breathe; to suck in; to absorb to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	water; river
trad. (吸水)		吸	水
simp. #(吸水)		吸	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khip-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shui³
    • Yale: syī-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishoei
    • Palladius: сишуй (sišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹ seoi²
    • Yale: kāp séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: khip-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qipzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

吸⫽水 (verb-object)

1. to absorb water

Synonyms

• 吃水 (chīshuǐ)