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油水

油水

Chinese

		oil; sly	water; river
simp. and trad. (油水)		油	水

Noun

油水

(literally) grease or oil found in cooking
(figuratively, usually pejorative) a piece of the pie, a side benefit

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóushuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): iû-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yóushuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    油水
    游水
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: yàuh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/