打水

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Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
water; river
simp. and trad.
(打水)

Pronunciation


Verb

打⫽水 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to draw water
    • after 1795, 李洙 (Lǐ Zhū) et al., chapter 27, in 重刊老乞大諺解 / 重刊老乞大谚解 (Chóngkān Lǎoqǐdà Yànjiě) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 1, page 63:
      伱們朝鮮地方 没有 不㑹打水
      니믄ᄎᅸ션디ᄫᅡᆼ ᄋᆛ징무ᄋᆛ 즘부휘다쉬
      ni myn ciao sien di vaq; 'iu jiq mu 'iu; jym bu hui da sui
      녜문져ᇢ션뗴ᄫᅡᆼ 이ᇢ징무ᇹ이ᇢ 즘부ᇹᅘᅱ다쉬
      niei mun jiew sien ddiei vaq; 'iw jiq mux 'iw; jym bux hhui da sui
      In Joseon, that land of yours, are there wells? How is it that you do not know how to draw water?
  2. (Xiang) to copulate (of chickens)

Synonyms

  • (to draw water):

Derived terms