淡水

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	water; river
simp. and trad. (淡水)		淡	水

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁵ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-súi
• Min Nan (POJ): tǎm-súi / tām-súi / tǎm-chúi / tām-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dànshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànshuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: táahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam´ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-súi
    • Tâi-lô: tǎm-suí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-súi
    • Tâi-lô: tām-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tǎm-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tām-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

淡水

1. fresh water; potable water; drinking water

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 䭕水／𬲕水

Antonyms

• 鹹水／咸水 (xiánshuǐ)
• 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)

Derived terms

• 淡水魚／淡水鱼 (dànshuǐyú)

See also

• 飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)
• 泉水 (quánshuǐ)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dànshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tham-súi
• Min Nan (POJ): Tām-chúi / Tām-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Dànshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dannshoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dànshuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: daahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /täːm²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tham-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-súi
    • Tâi-lô: Tām-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/

Proper noun

淡水

1. (～區) Tamsui (a sea-side district in New Taipei, Taiwan)
2. (～河) Tamsui (river in northern Taiwan)

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #7546”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	水
たん Grade: S	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

淡 (“tan, 淡い: awai, tasteless”) +‎ 水 (“-すい, "-sui", water”)

Noun

淡水 (hiragana たんすい, rōmaji tansui)

1. fresh water

Antonyms

• 海水 (かいすい) (kaisui, “seawater”)

See also

• 真水 (まみず) (mamizu, “drinking water”)
• 飲用水 (いんようすい) (in'yōsui, “drinking water”)