花露水

Chinese

		flower dew; liquid derived from flowers	water; river
trad. (花露水)		花露	水
simp. #(花露水)		花露	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huālùshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуалўфи (hualwfi, I-III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ lou⁶ seoi²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ lou⁷ zui²
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ho-lu-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huālùshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄌㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hualùshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-lu⁴-shui³
    • Yale: hwā-lù-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hualuhshoei
    • Palladius: хуалушуй (xualušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ lu⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуалўфи (hualwfi, I-III-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xua²⁴ lu⁴⁴ fi⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa¹ lou⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: fā louh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ lou⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ lou⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ lou̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê¹ lou⁷ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue lōu tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ lou¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹ho-lu-sy
    • MiniDict: ho^平 lu sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ho-lu-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ho⁵⁵ lu³³ sz̩²¹/

Noun

花露水

1. (perfumed) toilet water; Florida water
2. (Shanghainese) savviness; competency; original thoughts, ideas or skills

Synonyms

• 淡香水 (dànxiāngshuǐ)