米泔水

Chinese

		rice; metre	slops; swill; hogwash
trad. (米泔水)		米	泔水
simp. #(米泔水)		米	泔水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǐgānshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ gam¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǐgānshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǐganshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: mi³-kan¹-shui³
    • Yale: mǐ-gān-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miiganshoei
    • Palladius: миганьшуй (miganʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mai⁵ gam¹ seoi²
    • Yale: máih gām séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ gam¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ gem¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

米泔水

1. water in which rice has been washed (as hog wash)

Synonyms

• (Gan) 淘米水