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治水

治水

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	water; river
simp. and trad. (治水)		治	水

Verb

治水

to control water resources to prevent flooding

Japanese

Kanji in this term
治	水
Grade: 4	Grade: 1

Noun

治水 ‎(hiragana ちすい, romaji chisui)

flood control

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhìshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Min Nan (POJ): tī-chúi / tī-súi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: zhìshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    制水
    治水
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-chúi / tī-súi
  - Tâi-lô: tī-tsuí / tī-suí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixzuie, dixsuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /ti²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/, /ti⁴¹⁻²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /ti²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /ti³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/, /ti³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/