用水

Chinese

		to use	water; river
simp. and trad. (用水)		用	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung-súi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iōng-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yung⁴-shui³
    • Yale: yùng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqshoei
    • Palladius: юншуй (junšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung<sup>4</sup> sui<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iōng-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: iōng-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioxngzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

用水

1. to use water for a specific purpose

   節約用水／节约用水  ―  jiéyuē yòngshuǐ  ―  to conserve water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	水
よう Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

用(よう)水(すい) • (yōsui) 

1. city water; water provided for drinking, irrigation, firefighting, and other purposes