縮水

See also: 缩水

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	water; river
trad. (縮水)		縮	水
simp. (缩水)		缩	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suōshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): suk¹ seoi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): suuk¹ sui²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-súi
Jin (Wiktionary): suah^4-3 sui²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chúi / siok-chúi
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq ⁵sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suōshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suoshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: so¹-shui³
  - Yale: swō-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoshoei
  - Palladius: сошуй (sošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ seoi²
  - Yale: sūk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: suuk¹ sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵk̚³³ sui⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sog^ˋ sui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /sok̚² su̯i³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: suah^4-3 sui²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /suaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ suei⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: sok-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sokzuie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: siok-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siokzuie
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq ⁵sy
  - MiniDict: soh^入 sy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq ²sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ⁴⁴ sz̩³⁴/

Verb

縮水

to shrink in the wash
to shrink; to contract (of profits, quantities, scales, etc.)
to become dehydrated

Synonyms

(shrink in the wash): 抽水 (chōushuǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 縮水 (“to shrink in the wash”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		縮水, 抽水
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	縮水
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	出水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	縮水
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	縮水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	縮水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	縮水
Gan	Nanchang	縮水
Gan	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
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	縮水

(become dehydrated): 脫水／脱水 (tuōshuǐ)

References

阿塗 [Ah To] (2017), 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing