水利

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Chinese

		water; river	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (水利)		水	利

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐlì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² lei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-lī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěilì
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-li⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeilih
  - Palladius: шуйли (šujli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    水利
    水力
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² lei⁶
  - Yale: séui leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² léi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ lei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-lī
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuyli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³/

Noun

水利

management of water as a resource, including conservation and irrigation
hydraulic engineering

Synonyms

(hydraulic engineering): 水利工程 (shuǐlì gōngchéng)

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