雨水

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Chinese

rain water; river
trad. (雨水)
simp. #(雨水)

Pronunciation 1


Noun

雨水

  1. rainwater
  2. rainfall; precipitation
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (35) (26)
Final () (24) (18)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjuX sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨoX/ /ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦioX/ /ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣioX/ /ɕiuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuə̆X/ /ɕjwiX/
Li
Rong
/ɣioX/ /ɕjuiX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuX/ /ɕwiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯uX/ /ɕwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyu5 seoi2

Proper noun

雨水

  1. The "Rain Water", the second of the twenty-four solar terms, around February 18th, 19th, or 20th, after which there should be no more snow, but rain showers are expected.
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (雨水):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あま
Grade: 1
みず
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From (ama, rain) + (mizu, water).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あま)(みず) (amamizuあまみづ (amamidu)?

  1. rainwater
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese /*ɣioɕjuɪ/ > Japanese /usui/.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

()(すい) (Usui

  1. rainwater
  2. The second solar term, literally meaning "rain water".

See also


References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

雨水 (usu) (hangeul 우수)

  1. hanja form? of 우수 (The second solar term, literally meaning "rain water".)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

雨水

  1. chữ Hán form of Vũ thủy (The second solar term, literally meaning "rain water".).

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