止水

Chinese

		to stop; prohibit; till	water; river
simp. and trad. (止水)		止	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐshuǐ [Phonetic: zhíshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-shui³
    • Yale: jř-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshoei
    • Palladius: чжишуй (čžišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² seoi²
    • Yale: jí séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

止水

1. still water; unflowing water

Derived terms

• 心如止水 (xīnrúzhǐshuǐ)