揮灑

Chinese

		scatter; wield; wipe away	spill; sprinkle
trad. (揮灑)		揮	灑
simp. (挥洒)		挥	洒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīsǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄙㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai¹ saa²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hui-sá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīsǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄙㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueisǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-sa³
    • Yale: hwēi-sǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueisaa
    • Palladius: хуэйса (xuejsa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai¹ saa²
    • Yale: fāi sá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai¹ saa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei¹ sa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯⁵⁵ saː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui-sá
    • Tâi-lô: hui-sá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huisar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³ sa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴⁻²² sa⁵³/

Verb

揮灑

1. to sprinkle (water); to shed (tears)
2. to write or paint freely and easily

Derived terms

• 揮灑自如／挥洒自如 (huīsǎzìrú)