春水

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	water; river
simp. and trad. (春水)		春	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chunshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-shui³
    • Yale: chwūn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenshoei
    • Palladius: чуньшуй (čunʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon¹ seoi²
    • Yale: chēun séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

春水

1. (literary) river water in spring

   • 舍南舍北皆春水，但見群鷗日日來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     舍南舍北皆春水，但见群鸥日日来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Du Fu, 《客至》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Shè nán shè běi jiē chūnshuǐ, dàn jiàn qún ōu rìrì lái. [Pinyin]

     North and south of my cottage winds spring water green, I see but flocks of gulls coming from day to day.