淡水

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ChineseEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From 淡 (dàn, “tasteless”) + 水 (shuǐ, “water”)

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁵ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dànshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: táahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁵ soei²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑːm¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam´ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ sui³
    • IPA: /tʰam²⁴ su̯i³¹/

NounEdit

淡水

1. fresh water; potable water; drinking water

See alsoEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• 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, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Dànshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dannshoei
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠n⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: daahm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ soei²
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːm²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tham-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tam sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tam⁴ sui³
    • IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi / Tām-súi
    • Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí / Tām-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie, daxmsuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /tam³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/, /tam²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/

Proper nounEdit

淡水

1. Tamsui District, a sea-side district in New Taipei City

ReferencesEdit

• (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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JapaneseEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

淡水 ‎(hiragana たんすい, romaji tansui)

1. fresh water

AntonymsEdit

• 海水 (かいすい) ‎(kaisui, “seawater”)

See alsoEdit

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