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灌水

灌水

Chinese

		irrigate; pour	water; river
simp. and trad. (灌水)		灌	水

Verb

灌水

to irrigate; to water
(idiomatic) to add (repeating) meaningless words or phrases to message board posts

References

灌水 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): guànshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Min Nan (POJ): koàn-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: guànshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guannshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠n⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koàn-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kuàn-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koarnzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/