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死水

死水

Chinese

		to die; inpassable; uncrossable to die; inpassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	water; river
simp. and trad. (死水)		死	水

Noun

死水

stagnant water; backwater

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): sǐshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² seoi¹
Min Nan (POJ): sí-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: sǐshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sei² seoi¹
  - Yale: séi sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sei² soey¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/