治水

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	water; river
simp. and trad. (治水)		治	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tī-chúi / tī-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shui³
    • Yale: jr̀-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshoei
    • Palladius: чжишуй (čžišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 制水 治水

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: jih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tī-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-súi
    • Tâi-lô: tī-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dixsuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/

Verb

治水

1. to control water resources to prevent flooding

Derived terms

• 大禹治水 (Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
治	水
ち Grade: 4	すい Grade: 1

Noun

治(ち)水(すい) • (chisui) 

1. flood control