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流水

流水

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	water; river
simp. and trad. (流水)		流	水
anagram		水流

Noun

流水

flowing water
turnover (in business)

Derived terms

流水線／流水线 (liúshuǐxiàn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liúshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-súi
Min Nan (POJ): lâu-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoei
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: làuh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu² sui³
  - IPA: /li̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: lâu-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/