泔水
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Chinese
| slop from rinsing rice | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (泔水) |
泔 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: ganshue̊i
- Wade–Giles: kan1-shui5
- Yale: gān-shwei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.shoei
- Palladius: ганьшуй (ganʹšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 seoi2
- Yale: gām séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
泔水