查水錶

Chinese

		to research; to check; to investigate to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to search	water meter
trad. (查水錶/查水表)		查	水錶/水表
simp. (查水表)		查	水表

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá shuǐbiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ seoi² biu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá shuǐbiǎo [Phonetic: cháshuíbiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá shuěibiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa² shui³-piao³
    • Yale: chá shwěi-byǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char shoeibeau
    • Palladius: ча шуйбяо (ča šujbjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ seoi² biu¹
    • Yale: chàh séui bīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ soey² biu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ sêu² biu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ piːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

查⫽水錶 (verb-object)

1. (literally) to read the water meter
2. (Mainland China, neologism, slang, usually of the police) to ask to be let in under the pretext of checking the water meter; to barge into people's homes on false pretences