口水

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): kǒushuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kou³ sui³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hau² seoi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): heu² sui²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): héu-súi

(Meixian, Guangdong): hêu³ sui³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kháu-chúi / khió-chúi
Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): kou³ sui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒushuǐ [Phonetic: kóushuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒushuěi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-shui³
  - Yale: kǒu-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooushoei
  - Palladius: коушуй (koušuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: kou³ sui³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kousui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰəu⁵³ suei⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² seoi²
  - Yale: háu séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: heu² sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /heu⁵⁵ sui⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: héu-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu^ˋ sui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu³ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯³¹ su̯i³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hêu³ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /heu³¹ suɪ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qawzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: khió-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioyzuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
Xiang
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: kou³ sui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɘu̯³³ su̯i³³/

Noun

口水

saliva; slobber; drool
(figurative) argument; quarrel; verbal battle

Synonyms

(saliva): (literary) 清水 (qīngshuǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 口水 (“saliva; drool”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		涎, 唾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		唾液, 口涎, 口水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	哈喇子
	Taiwan	口水
	Ulanhot	哈喇子
	Tongliao	哈喇子
	Chifeng	唾沫
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	哈喇子
	Harbin	口水, 哈喇子
	Shenyang	吃水, 哈喇子
	Singapore	口水
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	哈喇子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	吃拉拉, 咧涎, 涎線, 哈喇子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	痴水, 痴水痘兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	涎水
	Zhengzhou	嘴水
	Xi'an	涎水
	Xining	涎水
	Xuzhou	口水, 口婁水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	涎水
	Bayanhot	涎水, 口水
	Lanzhou	涎水
	Ürümqi	涎水, 哈喇子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口水, 憨口水, 清口水
	Chongqing	口水
	Wuhan	涎, 涎水
	Guiyang	口水
	Kunming	口水
	Guilin	口水
	Liuzhou	口水, 口漦 dated
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口水
	Yangzhou	口水
	Nantong	涎, 唾沫
	Hefei	口水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口水
	Hong Kong	口水
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	口水
	Macau	口水
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	口水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	口水
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	口水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	口水
	Foshan	口水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	口水
	Foshan (Shunde)	口水
	Foshan (Sanshui)	口水
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	口水
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	口瀾
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	口瀾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	口水
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	口水
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	口水
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	口水
	Taishan	口水
	Kaiping (Chikan)	口水
	Enping (Niujiang)	口水
	Heshan (Yayao)	口水泡
	Dongguan	口水
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	口水
	Shaoguan	口水
	Yunfu	口水
	Yangjiang	口水
	Xinyi	口水
	Lianjiang	口水
	Nanning	口水
	Wuzhou	口水
	Yulin	涎水
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	涎水, 口水
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	口水
	Singapore (Guangfu)	口水
	Yangon (Taishan)	口水
	Mandalay (Taishan)	口水
Gan	Nanchang	涎
	Lichuan	口瀾
	Pingxiang	饞水
Hakka	Meixian	口瀾, 口瀾水, 口水
	Xingning	口瀾
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	口水
	Huidong (Daling)	口水
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	口水
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	口水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	口水
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	口水
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	口水
	Wengyuan	口水
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	口瀾
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	口水
	Liannan	口水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	口水
	Jiexi	口瀾
	Luhe	口水
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嘴瀾水
	Changting	口瀾
	Wuping	口瀾
	Wuping (Yanqian)	喉瀾
	Wuping (Pingyu)	口瀾
	Liancheng	口瀾
	Ninghua	口瀾
	Yudu	喉瀾水
	Ningdu	口瀾水
	Ruijin	夫瀾水, 夫瀾
	Shicheng	口瀾
	Shangyou (Shexi)	口瀾
	Tonggu (Sandu)	口水
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	口水
	Dayu	口水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	口瀾, 口瀾水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	口瀾, 口瀾水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	口水, 口瀾, 口瀾水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	口瀾, 口瀾水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	口瀾, 口瀾水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	口瀾, 口瀾水
	Hong Kong	口水
	Mengshan (Xihe)	口水
	Luchuan	口水
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	口水
	Sabah (Longchuan)	口水
	Senai (Huiyang)	口水
	Singkawang	口水
Huizhou	Jixi	口涎, 口水
Jin	Taiyuan	涎水, 唾沫, 吐沫
	Xinzhou	涎水
	Taibus (Baochang)	涎水
	Linhe	涎水
	Jining	涎水
	Hohhot	涎拉子
	Baotou	涎水
	Dongsheng	涎水
	Haibowan	涎水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瀾, 瀾水
Northern Min	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	唾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	瀾
	Fuzhou (Changle)	瀾
	Fuqing	瀾
	Yongtai	瀾
	Gutian	瀾
	Fu'an	瀾
	Ningde	瀾
	Shouning	瀾
	Zhouning	瀾
	Fuding	瀾
Southern Min	Xiamen	瀾, 喙瀾, 津液
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	瀾
	Quanzhou	瀾, 喙瀾, 津液
	Zhangzhou	瀾, 喙瀾, 津液
	Zhao'an	瀾
	Taipei	瀾, 喙瀾
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	喙瀾
	Kaohsiung	瀾, 喙瀾
	Yilan	瀾, 喙瀾
	Changhua (Lukang)	瀾
	Taichung	瀾, 喙瀾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	喙瀾
	Tainan	瀾, 喙瀾
	Taitung	喙瀾
	Hsinchu	瀾, 喙瀾
	Kinmen	瀾
	Penghu (Magong)	瀾, 喙瀾
	Penang (Hokkien)	瀾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	瀾, 喙瀾
	Longyan	喙瀾
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	瀾水
	Chaozhou	瀾
	Shantou	瀾
	Jieyang	瀾
	Haifeng	瀾
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	瀾
	Singapore (Teochew)	瀾, 喙瀾
	Leizhou	瀾
	Wenchang	瀾
	Haikou	瀾, 瀾水
	Qionghai	瀾
	Singapore (Hainanese)	瀾
Puxian Min	Putian	瀾
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	瀾
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	瀾
	Xianyou	瀾
	Xianyou (Fengting)	瀾
	Xianyou (Youyang)	瀾
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	呲嘴瀾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	涎
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	口水
Wu	Shanghai	饞唾, 饞唾水
	Shanghai (Chongming)	饞唾水
	Suzhou	饞唾, 饞唾水
	Danyang	痰吐, 涎吐, 饞吐
	Hangzhou	饞唾, 饞唾水兒
	Ningbo	饞唾水, 饞茶水, 瀾唾水
	Wenzhou	口瀾水, 饞瀾, 瀾
	Jinhua	口唾水
Xiang	Changsha	饞
	Xiangtan	痰水子
	Loudi	口水, 饞
	Shuangfeng	口水, 饞
	Hengyang	口水
	Quanzhou	口水

Derived terms

口水佬
口水多過茶／口水多过茶
口水尾
口水戰／口水战 (kǒushuǐzhàn)
口水歌 (kǒushuǐgē)
口水肩
口水雞／口水鸡 (kǒushuǐjī)
口水魚／口水鱼
吐口水 (tǔ kǒushuǐ)
流口水 (liú kǒushuǐ)
漱口水 (shùkǒushuǐ)
𦧲口水講過／𦧲口水讲过