洪水

洪水

1. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water); flooding; floodwater

   容易鬧洪水／容易闹洪水  ―  róngyì nào hóngshuǐ  ―  to be prone to flooding

   • 洪水芒芒，禹敷下土方。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hóngshuǐ mángmáng, Yǔ fū xià tǔ fāng.

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   • 昔者禹抑洪水，而天下平。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xīzhě Yǔ yì hóngshuǐ, ér tiānxià píng.

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   • 臣聞洪水橫流，帝思俾乂，旁求四方，以招賢俊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣闻洪水横流，帝思俾乂，旁求四方，以招贤俊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wen Xuan, 6^th century CE

     Chén wén hóngshuǐ héngliú, dì sī bǐ yì, páng qiú sìfāng, yǐ zhāo xián jùn.

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• 乾旱／干旱 (gānhàn)

• “洪水”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

• (Tokyo) こーずい (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) こーずい (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

洪(こう)水(ずい) • (kōzui) 

1. flood

   現代(げんだい)は情報(じょうほう)の洪水(こうずい)だ。

   Gendai wa jōhō no kōzui da.

   The current time is the flood of information.

   • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎, retrieved 2023-04-11:

     The Japanese disaster comes in many forms, and saigai include tensai (天災, literally, heaven-sent disasters — i.e., natural ones) like jishin (地震, earthquakes), kōzui (洪水, floods) and kaji (火事, fires).

• 大水(おおみず) (ōmizu)
• 氾濫(はんらん) (hanran)

• 津(つ)波(なみ) (tsunami, “tsunami”)

洪水 • (hongsu) (hangeul 홍수)

1. hanja form^? of 홍수 (“flood”)

洪水

1. chữ Hán form of hồng thuỷ (“flood”).