食水
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Chinese[edit]
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
water; river | ||
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trad. (食水) | 食 | 水 | |
simp. #(食水) | 食 | 水 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
食水
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
- (Cantonese or Hong Kong; Zhangzhou Hokkien) drinking water; potable water
Synonyms[edit]
- (draft): 吃水 (chīshuǐ)
- (drinking water):
Verb[edit]
食⫽水 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to make large profits
- (Hakka, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) to drink water
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric)
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wash new cloth in water and shrink
- (Southern Min, figurative) to vainly hope to (do something); to attempt in vain
Synonyms[edit]
- (to drink water):
- (to absorb water and shrink): (Hokkien) 束水, 落水, 燥水, 掬水, 勼水
- (to wash new cloth in water and shrink): (Hokkien) 糾水/纠水
- (to vainly hope): 妄想 (wàngxiǎng)
Derived terms[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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食 | 水 |
Noun[edit]
- Hanja form? of 식수 (“drinking water”).
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