二水

Chinese

		two	water; river
simp. and trad. (二水)		二	水

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Èrshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄦˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Èrshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄦˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Èrshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Êrh⁴-shui³
  - Yale: Èr-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ellshoei
  - Palladius: Эршуй (Eršuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

二水

(～鄉) Ershui, Erhshui (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-chúi / jī-chúi

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: yih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: lī-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixzuie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: jī-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixzuie
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

二水

(Hokkien, dated) remarried woman
(Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) second growth planted on a patch of land

Synonyms

(remarried woman): 二婚頭／二婚头 (èrhūntóu), 二婚 (èrhūn), 二婚兒／二婚儿 (èrhūnr), 後婚／后婚 (hòuhūn), 後婚兒／后婚儿 (hòuhūnr); (Sichuan, Northern Min, Hokkien) 二婚親／二婚亲; (Sichuan) 二婚嫂, 二婚貨／二婚货, 嫁二嫁的; (Cantonese) 返頭婆／返头婆; (Jin) 後婚婆姨／后婚婆姨; (Hokkien) 二出仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	水
に Grade: 1	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

二(に)水(すい) • (nisui)

(orthography) the "ice" radical (冫)