水壩

See also: 水坝

Chinese

		water; river	dam; dyke; embankment
trad. (水壩)		水	壩
simp. (水坝)		水	坝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuǐbà

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фибэ (fibe, II-II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² baa³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² ba¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-pa
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-pà / chúi-pèr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbà
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibà
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pa⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-bà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibah
  - Palladius: шуйба (šujba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фибэ (fibe, II-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁵¹ pɛ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² baa³
  - Yale: séui ba
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² baa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ba³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ paː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: sui² ba¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ pa³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-pa
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui` ba
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ ba⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ pa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-pà
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-pà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'pax
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pa⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pa²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-pèr
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-pèr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pə⁴¹/

Noun

水壩

dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 座 m)

Synonyms

堤
堤壩／堤坝 (dībà)
堤岸 (dī'àn)
堤防 (dīfáng)
塘 (táng)
大壩／大坝 (dàbà)
防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)