下水道

Chinese

		sewage; to launch a boat; to enter the water	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (下水道)		下水	道
simp. #(下水道)		下水	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàshuǐdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ seoi² dou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hā-chúi-tō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ê⁶ zui² dao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshuǐdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàshuěidào
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-shui³-tao⁴
    • Yale: syà-shwěi-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshoeidaw
    • Palladius: сяшуйдао (sjašujdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ seoi² dou⁶
    • Yale: hah séui douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ soey² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ sêu² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² sɵy̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-chúi-tō
    • Tâi-lô: hā-tsuí-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxzuy'doi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ê⁶ zui² dao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĕ tsúi tău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /e³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ tau³⁵/

Noun

下水道

1. sewer

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 臭溝仔／臭沟仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	水	道
げ Grade: 1	すい Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

下(げ)水(すい)道(どう) • (gesuidō) 

1. sewer
   • 1929, 小林多喜二, 蟹工船:

     通(とお)りの悪(わる)い下水道(げすいどう)のように、仕事(しごと)がドンドンつまって行(い)った。

     Tōri no warui gesuidō no yō ni, shigoto ga dondon tsumatte itta.

     Work was getting more and more backed up like a clogged sewer.

2. drainage channel for rainwater etc.

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	水	道

Noun

下水道 • (hasudo) (hangeul 하수도)

1. Hanja form^? of 하수도 (“sewer”).