抽水
Chinese
| to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (抽水) |
抽 | 水 | |
| anagram | 水抽 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chōushuǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: choushuěi
- Wade–Giles: chʻou1-shui3
- Yale: chōu-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choushoei
- Palladius: чоушуй (čoušuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cau1 seoi2
- Yale: chāu séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsau1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: ceo1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- Homophones:
抽水
秋水
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-chúi
- Tâi-lô: thiu-tsuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: tiuzuie
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
- Sinological IPA (Singapore): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁴²/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Verb
抽⫽水 (verb-object)
- to flush; to pump (of water)
- to shrink in the wash
- (Cantonese) to draw some money from each gambling for tips
- (chiefly Cantonese, derogatory) to take a cut (of profits, winnings, etc.); to draw advantages from; to take advantage of
- (Cantonese) to sexually harass
- (Cantonese) to make a sly verbal attack at another person during a discussion
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 | |
Derived terms
References
- 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017), 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing