缺水

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	water; river
trad. (缺水)		缺	水
simp. #(缺水)		缺	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoat-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyueshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-shui³
    • Yale: chywē-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueshoei
    • Palladius: цюэшуй (cjuešuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ seoi²
    • Yale: kyut séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

缺水

1. to run out of water; to experience a water shortage

Noun

缺水

1. water scarcity; water shortage