油水

Chinese

		oil; sly	water; river
simp. and trad. (油水)		油	水
anagram		水油

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóushuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù-súi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóushuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-shui³
    • Yale: yóu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshoei
    • Palladius: юшуй (jušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: yàuh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu<sup>2</sup> sui<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: iû-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

油水

1. (literally) grease or oil found in cooking
2. (figuratively, usually pejorative) piece of the pie; side benefit