水螅

Chinese

		water; river
simp. and trad. (水螅)		水	螅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisi
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-hsi¹
    • Yale: shwěi-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishi
    • Palladius: шуйси (šujsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sik¹
    • Yale: séui sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Noun

水螅

1. hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 水鉸剪／水铰剪

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水螅):

• → Vietnamese: thuỷ tức (水螅)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
水	螅

Noun

水螅

1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ tức (“hydra”).