清水
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Chinese
clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure |
water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (清水) | 清 | 水 | |
| simp. #(清水) | 清 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): cing1 seoi2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-súi
- Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-cūi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chúi
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1chin-sy5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cingshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chʻing1-shui3
- Yale: chīng-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshoei
- Palladius: циншуй (cinšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cing1 seoi2
- Yale: chīng séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsing1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: qing1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-súi
- Hakka Romanization System: qinˊ suiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qin1 sui3
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴ su̯i³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-cūi
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ (t͡s-)ʒui³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chúi
- Tâi-lô: tshing-tsuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
清水
Synonyms
Derived terms
Proper noun
清水
- (～縣) Qingshui (a county of Tianshui, Gansu, China)
- (～鎮) Qingshui Town, name of several towns in China
- (～區) Qingshui (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
- (～區) Shimizu-ku, a district in Shizuoka, Japan
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 清水, Shimizu
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 清 | 水 |
| せい Grade: 4 |
すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 淸水 (kyūjitai) |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 清 | 水 |
| きよ Grade: 4 |
みず Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 淸水 (kyūjitai) |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 清 | 水 |
| し Grade: 4 |
みず Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 淸水 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
Noun
Proper noun
清水 • (Shimizu)
(alternative reading hiragana きよみず, rōmaji Kiyomizu, historical hiragana きよみづ)
- a surname