水話

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Chinese

		water; river	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (水話)		水	話
simp. (水话)		水	话

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐhuà

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² waa^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuà
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-hua⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuah
  - Palladius: шуйхуа (šujxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² waa^6-2
  - Yale: séui wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² waa^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² wa^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

水話

Tanka dialect of Cantonese
長洲水話／长洲水话 ― coeng⁴ zau¹ seoi² waa^6-2 ― Cheung Chau Tanka
- 新加坡人唔只學水話，賣開肉骨茶嘅佢哋，太平清醮都轉賣齋。
  新加坡人唔只学水话，卖开肉骨茶嘅佢哋，太平清醮都转卖斋。
  From: 2025,
  san¹ gaa^1-3 bo¹ jan⁴ m⁴ zi² hok⁶ seoi² waa^6-2, maai⁶ hoi¹ juk⁶ gwat¹ caa⁴ ge³ keoi⁵ dei⁶, taai³ ping⁴ cing¹ ziu³ dou¹ zyun² maai⁶ zaai¹.
  Singaporeans who not only learnt Tanka, but also sell vegetarian food on Cheung Chau Bun Festival despite usually selling bak kut teh.

Synonyms

蜑家話／蜑家话 (dànjiāhuà)
水上話／水上话 (shuǐshànghuà)

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