塗水

Chinese

to smear; daub water; river
trad. (塗水)
simp. (涂水)
alternative forms 土水

Pronunciation


Noun

塗水

  1. (Hokkien) bricklaying; tiling; plastering
  2. (Zhangzhou, Sanxia and Singapore Hokkien, Puxian Min) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer

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References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “890 泥水匠”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 379.