水吧

Chinese

		water; river	(modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK? (modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK?; (onomat.); dumb
simp. and trad. (水吧)		水	吧

Etymology 1

水 (seoi2, “water”) +‎ 吧 (baa1, “bar”), which is from English bar.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² baa¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² baa¹
  - Yale: séui bā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² baa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ paː⁵⁵/

Noun

水吧

(Hong Kong Cantonese) counter or section at a restaurant or cafeteria where drinks and beverages are prepared
(Hong Kong Cantonese) one who works at such place

Synonyms

酒水部

Etymology 2

According to Qian (2007), not from English.

Pronunciation

Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-pa

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-pa
  - MiniDict: sy^去 pa
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-pa
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ pa⁴⁴/

Noun

水吧

(Shanghainese) spa
- 2007, 钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong], 上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn], 上海辞书出版社, page 31:
  
  我去過水吧，有辰光蠻適意，必過有辰光打得也蠻痛。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
  我去过水吧，有辰光蛮适意，必过有辰光打得也蛮痛。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
  ⁶ngu ⁵chi-ku ⁵sy-pa ⁶yeu-zen-kuaon ¹me ⁷seq-i ⁷piq-ku ⁶yeu ⁶zen-kuaon ⁵tan-teq ⁶gha ¹me ⁵thon [Wugniu]
  I’ve been to that spa, sometimes it’s quite comfortable, but sometimes the massage is rather painful.

Synonyms

spa