科水

Chinese

Etymology 1

		branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine someone	water; river
simp. and trad. (科水)		科	水

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “科 is from 課?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹ seoi²
    • Yale: fō séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

科⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to chip in money

Etymology 2

		branch of study; administrative section; division branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes, etc.); to fine someone	water; river
simp. and trad. (科水)		科	水

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “科 is from English fall or graphical alteration of 斜?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo¹ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo¹ seoi²
    • Yale: fō séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

科水

1. (Cantonese, construction) sloped surface that allows water to drain (clarification of this definition is needed)

Synonyms

• 斜水