水柱

Chinese

		water; river	pillar
simp. and trad. (水柱)		水	柱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² cyu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chhû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-thiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhù
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-chu⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijuh
    • Palladius: шуйчжу (šujčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² cyu⁵
    • Yale: séui chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chhû
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` cu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ cu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-thiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-thiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'tiau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau³³/

Noun

水柱

1. column of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	柱
みず Grade: 1	はしら > ばしら Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
水	柱
すい Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいちゅう [sùíchúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝit͡ɕɨᵝː]

• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

水(すい)柱(ちゅう) or 水(みず)柱(ばしら) • (suichū or mizubashira) 

1. column of water
   • 1940, 海野十三, 地球要塞:

     やがて洋上(ようじょう)には、真白(まっしろ)な水柱(みずばしら)が奔騰(ほんとう)した。

     Yagate yōjō ni wa, masshiro na mizubashira ga hontō shita.

     Before long, a pure white column of water spewed out from the ocean's surface.