魚水

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Chinese

Etymology 1

fish water; river
trad. (魚水) 魚 水
simp. (鱼水) 鱼 水
anagram 水魚／水鱼
Literally: “fish and water”.

Pronunciation

Noun

魚水

  1. (figuratively) intimate relationship; inseparability

Etymology 2

fish water; river
trad. (魚水) 魚 水
simp. (鱼水) 鱼 水
anagram 水魚／水鱼
Literally: “fish water”.

Calque of Vietnamese nước mắm or Khmer ទឹកត្រី (tɨk trəy).

Pronunciation

Noun

魚水

  1. (Guangzhou Cantonese, Vietnam, Cambodia) fish sauce
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 魚露 (“fish sauce”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 魚露
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 魚露
Singapore 魚露
Southwestern Mandarin Dagudi (Maliba) น้ำปลา
Reshuitang (Longling) น้ำปลา
Mae Salong (Lancang) น้ำปลา
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 魚露
Cantonese Guangzhou 魚露, 魚水
Hong Kong 魚露
Taishan 魚露
Dongguan 魚露
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 鹹湯, 魚汁
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 魚露
Móng Cái 魚露
Bangkok (Guangfu) น้ำปลา
Betong (Rongxian) น้ำปลา
Hakka Meixian 魚味
Bangkok (Jiexi) น้ำปลา
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蝦油, 魚露, 蝦滷
Southern Min Xiamen 魚滷, 蝦油
Quanzhou 魚滷, 蝦油
Zhangzhou 蝦油
Dongshan 魚汁, 汁仔, 魚露
Penang (Hokkien) 魚露
Singapore (Hokkien) 魚露
Chaozhou 魚露
Shantou 臊湯
Shantou (Chenghai) 臊湯
Shantou (Chaoyang) 魚露
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 臊湯
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 魚汁
Jieyang 臊湯
Haifeng 魚露
Bangkok (Teochew) น้ำปลา
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 魚露, น้ำปลา
Hat Yai (Teochew) น้ำปลา
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