勼水
Chinese
| water; river | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (勼水) |
勼 | 水 | |
| alternative forms | 縮水／缩水 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu-chúi
- Tâi-lô: kiu-tsuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiuzuie
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: giu1 zui2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiu tsúi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kiu³³⁻²³ t͡sui⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
Verb
勼水
- (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric, etc.)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) to fall short in the implementation of something
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 縮水 (“to shrink in the wash”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 縮水, 抽水 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 縮水 |
| Xining | 出水 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 縮水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 縮水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 縮水 |
| Hong Kong | 縮水 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 縮水 |
| Lichuan | 縮水 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 縮水 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 縮水 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 縮水 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 縮水 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 縮水 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 跔水 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 縮水 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 縮水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 勼水, 食水, 束水, 掬水 |
| Quanzhou | 勼水, 食水, 燥水 | |
| Zhangzhou | 糾水, 落水, 束水, 掬水 | |
| Tainan | 勼水 | |
| Jieyang | 勼水 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 縮水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 縮水 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 縮水 | |