Chinese

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to release; to free; to let go
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
 
water; river
simp. and trad.
(放水)

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Verb

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放水

  1. to turn on the water
  2. (sports) to throw a game (to intentionally lose a game)
  3. (economics) to release money into the market; to increase currency circulation
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, slang, usually of a man) to pass water; to urinate
  5. (Cantonese) to intentionally perform badly
  6. (Cantonese) to release a sum of money
  7. (Hakka) to divert water to farmland (from a reservoir or mountain ponds)
  8. (Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to release farmland water
  9. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have diarrhea

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  • (to urinate):
  • (to release farmland water): (Hakka) 旱水
  • (to have diarrhea):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3
すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ほう) () + (すい) (sui).

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Noun

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(ほう)(すい) (hōsui

  1. water discharge; water drainage

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Verb

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(ほう)(すい)する (hōsui surusuru (stem (ほう)(すい) (hōsui shi), past (ほう)(すい)した (hōsui shita))

  1. to dischage water; to drain water

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