喝墨水

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Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	prepared ink
trad. (喝墨水)		喝	墨水
simp. ^#(喝墨水)		喝	墨水

Etymology

From the Northern Qi dynasty (505–577) practice of punishing poorly performing candidates for the imperial examinations by having them ingest ink.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hē mòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hē mòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: he mòshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹ mo⁴-shui³
  - Yale: hē mwò-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he mohshoei
  - Palladius: хэ мошуй (xɛ mošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hēmòshuǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hemòshuěir
  - Wade–Giles: ho¹-mo⁴-shui³-ʼrh
  - Yale: hē-mwò-shwěir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hemohshoel
  - Palladius: хэмошуйр (xɛmošujr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

喝⫽墨水 (verb-object)

(figurative) to attend school; to have knowledge
喝洋墨水 ― hē yáng mòshuǐ ― to study overseas

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