潑水

See also: 泼水

Chinese

		splash; to spill; violent	water; river
trad. (潑水)		潑	水
simp. (泼水)		泼	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pōshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): put³ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pot¹ sui²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): pad⁵ sui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phoah-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pōshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: poshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo¹-shui³
    • Yale: pwō-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poshoei
    • Palladius: пошуй (pošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: put³ seoi²
    • Yale: put séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pud³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pot¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰᵘɔt̚³³ sui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pad⁵ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚¹ suɪ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: phuah-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoahzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)⁵ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

潑水

1. to sprinkle water
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) to drain waterlogged fields

Synonyms

• (to drain waterlogged fields): 排澇／排涝 (páilào)

Derived terms

• 潑水節／泼水节 (Pōshuǐjié)