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Chinese
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water; river
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direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk |
| trad. (水道)
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水
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道
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| simp. #(水道)
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水
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道
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Etymology
Attestable in pre-Qin texts. Sense "water supply" from Japanese 水道 (suidō).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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水
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道
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| Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shuǐ
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dào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sywijX ›
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‹ dawX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j)
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/*ˁuʔ/
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| English
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water; river
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way
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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水
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道
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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11948
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11669
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Phonetic
component
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水
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首
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Rime
group
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脂
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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水
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道
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰʷljilʔ/
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/*l'uːʔ/
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Noun
水道
- canal; ditch
- water course; waterway
把某物傾倒在水道中 [MSC, trad.]
把某物倾倒在水道中 [MSC, simp.]- bǎ mǒuwù qīngdào zài shuǐdào zhōng
- to dump sth in the waterway
- lane in swimming pool
- (literary) urethra
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) water supply
Synonyms
- (canal): (literary) 孔 (kǒng), 渠道 (qúdào)
- (water course): 水路 (shuǐlù), 航道 (hángdào)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
From 水 (sui, “water; cold water”) + 道 (dō, “passage; duct”).
Pronunciation
Noun
水道 • (suidō)
- water service, water supply
- channel
- aqueduct
Derived terms
- 水道屋 (suidōya, “plumber”)
- 水道管 (suidōkan, “water pipe”)
- 水道局 (suidōkyoku, “water bureau”)
- 水道工事 (suidō kōji, “waterworks”)
- 水道水 (suidōsui, “tap water”)
- 水道栓 (suidōsen, “hydrant; faucet”)
- 水道料 (suidōryō, “water rates”)
- 水道料金 (suidō ryōkin, “water charges”)
- 水道の水 (suidō no sui, “tap water”)
- 水道の栓 (suidō no sen, “water spigot”)
- 下水道 (gesuidō, “drain; sewer”)
- 上下水道 (jōgesuidō, “water and sewer services”)
- 上水道 (jōsuidō, “waterworks”)
- 中水道 (chūsuidō, “gray water system”)
References
Korean
Noun
水道 • (sudo) (hangeul 수도)
- hanja form? of 수도 (“water supply”)