水俁

See also: 水俣

Chinese

		water; river	big
trad. (水俁)		水	俁
simp. (水俣)		水	俣

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水俣(みなまた) (Minamata).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuǐyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuǐyǔ [Phonetic: shuíyǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuěiyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Shui³-yü³
    • Yale: Shwěi-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shoeiyeu
    • Palladius: Шуйюй (Šujjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² jyu⁵
    • Yale: séui yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ jyː¹³/

Proper noun

水俁

1. (～市) Minamata (a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 水俁病／水俣病 (shuǐyǔbìng)
• 水俁症／水俣症