自來水

See also: 自来水

Chinese

		all along; in the first place; spontaneous all along; in the first place; spontaneous; self-generated	water; river
trad. (自來水)		自來	水
simp. (自来水)		自来	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìláishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ loi⁴ seoi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-lòi-súi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ci⁴ loi² sui³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chū-lâi-chúi / chīr-lâi-chúi / chī-lâi-chúi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ze⁶ lai⁵ zui²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-le-sy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìláishuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhláishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-lai²-shui³
  - Yale: dz̀-lái-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhlaishoei
  - Palladius: цзылайшуй (czylajšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (自來水兒／自来水儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìláishuǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhláishuěir
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-lai²-shui³-ʼrh
  - Yale: dz̀-lái-shwěir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhlaishoel
  - Palladius: цзылайшуйр (czylajšujr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ loi⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: jih lòih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ loi⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ loi⁴ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² lɔːi̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-lòi-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii loiˇ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ loi² sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹ su̯i³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ci⁴ loi² sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹ suɪ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-lâi-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsū-lâi-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuxlaizuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-lâi-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsīr-lâi-tsuí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chī-lâi-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tsī-lâi-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cixlaizuie
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /t͡si⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ze⁶ lai⁵ zui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̆ lâi tsúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-le-sy
  - MiniDict: zy^去 le sy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-le-sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² le⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

自來水

tap water

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 自來水 (“tap water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		自來水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	自來水兒
	Taiwan	自來水
	Chifeng	自來水
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	自來水兒
	Harbin	自來水兒
	Shenyang	自來水兒
	Malaysia	自來水
	Singapore	自來水
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	自來水兒
	Tangshan	自來水兒
	Cangzhou	自來水兒
	Baoding	自來水兒
	Shijiazhuang	自來水兒
	Jinan	自來水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	自來水
Central Plains Mandarin	Zhengzhou	自來水兒
	Xi'an	自來水
	Xining	自來水兒
	Xuzhou	自來水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	自來水
	Lanzhou	自來水
	Ürümqi	自來水
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	自來水
	Wuhan	自來水, 機器水
	Guiyang	自來水
	Kunming	自來水, 機器水
	Guilin	自來水
	Liuzhou	自來水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	自來水
	Yangzhou	自來水
	Nantong	自來水
	Hefei	自來水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水喉水, 自來水
	Hong Kong	水喉水
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	水喉水
	Macau	自來水
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	自來水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	水喉水
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	自來水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	水喉水
	Foshan	自來水
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	自來水
	Foshan (Shunde)	自來水
	Foshan (Sanshui)	水喉水
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	水喉水
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	自來水
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	自來水
	Heshan (Yayao)	自來水
	Dongguan	水喉水
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	水喉水
Hakka	Meixian	自來水
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	水喉水
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	水喉水
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	水喉水
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	自來水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	自來水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	水道水, 自來水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	水道水, 自來水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	水道水, 自來水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	水道水, 自來水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	水道水, 自來水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	水道水, 自來水
Huizhou	Shexian	自來水
Jin	Taiyuan	自來水
	Xinzhou	自來水
	Linhe	自來水
	Jining	自來水
	Liangcheng	自來水
	Hohhot	自來水兒
	Zhangjiakou	自來水
	Handan	自來水兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	自來水
	Quanzhou	自來水
	Zhangzhou	自來水
	Tainan	水道水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	水撰水
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	自來水
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	自來水

Related terms

自來火／自来火 (zìláihuǒ)