淦水

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Chinese

		name of a river	water; river
simp. and trad. (淦水)		淦	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gànshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gànshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gànshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Kan⁴-shui³
  - Yale: Gàn-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gannshoei
  - Palladius: Ганьшуй (Ganʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam³ seoi²
  - Yale: gam séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

淦水

Gan (a river in Jiangxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淦	水
かん Hyōgai	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんすい (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

淦(かん)水(すい) • (kansui)

bilge water

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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