潑水

See also: 泼水

Chinese

		splash; to spill; violent	water; river
trad. (潑水)		潑	水
simp. (泼水)		泼	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pōshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): put³ seoi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pot¹ sui²
Hakka
(Meixian, Guangdong): pad⁵ sui³

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): pai² shui³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoah-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pōshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: poshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo¹-shui³
  - Yale: pwō-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poshoei
  - Palladius: пошуй (pošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: put³ seoi²
  - Yale: put séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pud³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pot¹ sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰᵘɔt̚³³ sui⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pad⁵ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚¹ suɪ³¹/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: pai² shui³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰai²⁴ ʃui⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: phuah-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoahzuie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)⁵ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

潑水

to throw water
(Mainland China Hokkien) to drain waterlogged fields

Synonyms

(to drain waterlogged fields): 排澇／排涝 (páilào)

Derived terms

潑水節 / 泼水节 (Pōshuǐjié)

References

“潑水”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “泼水”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 483.