水口

Chinese

		water; river	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (水口)		水	口
anagram		口水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐkǒu [Phonetic: shuíkǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěikǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-kʻou³
    • Yale: shwěi-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeikoou
    • Palladius: шуйкоу (šujkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² hau²
    • Yale: séui háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

水口

1. (archaic) water outlet
2. (archaic) water crossing

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
水	口
みず Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みずくち [mìzúkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝkɯ̟̊ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

水(みず)口(ぐち) • (mizuguchi) ^{←みづぐち (miduguti)?}

1. an inlet or outlet for water
2. a point for collecting water in the kitchen
3. the kitchen doorway used for fetching water from a well
4. (by extension) kitchen

Proper noun

水(みず)口(ぐち) • (Mizuguchi) ^{←みづぐち (miduguti)?}

1. a surname

Derived terms

• 水口(みなくち)ギセル (minakuchi giseru)
• 水口(みなくち)祭(まつり) (minakuchimatsuri)
• 水口(みなくち)細(ざい)工(く) (minakuchi zaiku)
• 水口(みなくち)花(ばな) (minakuchibana)

 

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
水	口
み(な) Grade: 1	くち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みなくち [mìnákúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みな​くち [mìnáꜜkùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

水(みな)口(ぐち) • (minaguchi) ^{←みなぐち (minaguti)?}

1. the entry point for channeling water from the river to the rice field

Proper noun

水(みな)口(ぐち) • (Minaguchi) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation 3

Kanji in this term
水	口
み(な) Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みなぐち [mìnágúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

水(みな)口(ぐち) • (Minaguchi) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation 4

Kanji in this term
水	口
みず Grade: 1	くち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みずくち [mìzúkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

水(みず)口(くち) • (Mizukuchi) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation 5

Kanji in this term
水	口
みづ Grade: 1	くち Grade: 1
irregular	kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みづくち [mìzúkúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

水(みづ)口(くち) • (Mizukuchi) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation 6

Kanji in this term
水	口
みづ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
irregular	kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みづぐち [mìzúgúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

水(みづ)口(ぐち) • (Mizuguchi) 

1. a surname

Pronunciation 7

Kanji in this term
水	口
み Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) みぐち [mìgúchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

水(み)口(ぐち) • (Miguchi) 

1. a surname

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN