灰水

Chinese

		grey; ash	water; river
trad. (灰水)		灰	水
simp. #(灰水)		灰	水

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hueishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hui¹-shui³
    • Yale: hwēi-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueishoei
    • Palladius: хуэйшуй (xuejšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹ seoi²
    • Yale: fūi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

灰水

1. gray water
2. lye

Synonyms

• (gray water): 中水 (zhōngshuǐ)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): he-chúi / her-chúi / hoe-chúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: he-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hezuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: her-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: her-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoe-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: hue-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoezuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

灰水

1. (Southern Min) thin mortar (mortar added with water, used to paint walls)

Related terms

• 灰漿／灰浆 (huījiāng)
• (Hokkien) 灰膏