查水錶

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Chinese

		to research; to check; to investigate to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to search	water meter
trad. (查水錶/查水表)		查	水錶/水表
simp. (查水表)		查	水表

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chá shuǐbiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ seoi² biu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chá shuǐbiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chá shuěibiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa² shui³-piao³
  - Yale: chá shwěi-byǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char shoeibeau
  - Palladius: ча шуйбяо (ča šujbjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caa⁴ seoi² biu¹
  - Yale: chàh séui bīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ soey² biu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ sêu² biu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

查⫽水錶 (verb-object)

(literally) to read the water meter
(Mainland China, neologism, slang, usually of the police) to ask to be let in under the pretext of checking the water meter; to barge into people's homes on false pretences

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