淋水

Chinese

		diseases of the bladder; to drain; to drip	water; river
simp. and trad. (淋水)		淋	水
alternative forms		湳水 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lam⁴ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lim³ sui²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lìm-súi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lim² sui³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâm-chúi / liâm-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: lin⁴-shui³
    • Yale: lìn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnshoei
    • Palladius: линьшуй (linʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: làhm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lim³ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lim²² sui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lìm-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: limˇ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lim² sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ su̯i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lim² sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /lim¹¹ suɪ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: lâm-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lamzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: liâm-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liamzuie
    • IPA (Philippines): /liam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

淋水

1. to drench with water

   淋水式冷凝器  ―  lìnshuǐshì lěngníngqì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) to water (plants, etc.)
3. (Yangjiang Yue) to get wet in the rain
4. (Philippine Hokkien) to baptize

Synonyms

• (to water): 澆水／浇水 (jiāoshuǐ); (Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) 沃水; (Northern Min) 壅水
• (to get wet in the rain):

Dialectal synonyms of 淋雨 (“to get wet in the rain”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		淋雨
Mandarin	Beijing	淋雨, 浞雨
	Taiwan	淋雨
	Jinan	淋雨
	Xi'an	淋雨
	Wuhan	淋雨
	Chengdu	淋雨, 欻雨
	Yangzhou	沰雨
	Hefei	淋雨, 沰雨
	Singapore	淋雨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	淋雨
	Hong Kong	淋雨, 𢱕雨
	Yangjiang	淋水
Gan	Nanchang	涿雨, 鍘雨
Hakka	Meixian	涿雨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	涿雨
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	涿雨
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	涿水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	涿雨
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	涿雨
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	涿雨
Jin	Taiyuan	淋雨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	沃雨, 逿雨, 淋雨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	沃雨
Southern Min	Xiamen	沃雨, 淋雨
	Tainan	沃雨, 淋雨
	Singapore (Hokkien)	沃雨, 淋雨
	Chaozhou	沃雨, 灇雨
Wu	Suzhou	沰雨
	Wenzhou	淋雨, 打雨