水喉

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Chinese

water; river throat; larynx
trad. (水喉) 水 喉
simp. #(水喉) 水 喉

Pronunciation

Noun

水喉

  1. (Cantonese, Malaysia, Singapore) water pipe; hose
    爆水喉   ―  baau3 seoi2 hau4   ―  burst pipe
  2. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Leizhou Min, Hakka, Teochew) faucet; tap
  3. (Cantonese, figurative) rich person

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 水龍頭 (“tap; faucet”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 水龍頭, 龍頭
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 水龍頭
Malaysia 水龍頭
Singapore 水龍頭, 水喉
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 龍頭
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 水龍頭, 龍頭
Guilin 水龍頭
Liuzhou 水喉
Cantonese Guangzhou 水喉, 龍頭, 龍喉
Hong Kong 水喉, 水龍頭
Dongguan 水喉
Singapore (Guangfu) 水喉
Gan Nanchang 龍頭
Lichuan 水龍頭
Hakka Meixian 水龍頭, 水喉
Huizhou Jixi 水龍頭
Jin Taiyuan 水龍頭
Northern Min Jian'ou 水龍頭
Southern Min Xiamen 水撰頭, 水頭
Quanzhou 水撰頭, 水頭
Zhangzhou 水撰頭, 水頭
Tainan 水道頭 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 水撰頭, 水撰
Singapore (Hokkien) 水龍頭, 水撰頭
Manila (Hokkien) 銅管, 銅管頭
Shantou 水喉
Leizhou 水喉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 水龍頭
Wu Shanghai 水龍頭, 龍頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 龍頭
Suzhou 龍頭
Danyang 龍頭
Hangzhou 龍頭
Ningbo 龍頭
Xiang Loudi 龍頭
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
  • (rich person):

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