死水

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	water; river
trad. (死水)		死	水
simp. #(死水)		死	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sǐshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сыфи (sɨfi, II-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² seoi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'si³ sui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐshuǐ [Phonetic: síshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-shui³
    • Yale: sž-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshoei
    • Palladius: сышуй (syšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сыфи (sɨfi, II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ fi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² seoi²
    • Yale: séi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'si³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsz̩²¹³⁻²⁴ sui²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

死水

1. stagnant water; backwater

Antonyms

• 活水 (huóshuǐ)