買水

Chinese

		buy	water; river
trad. (買水)		買	水
simp. (买水)		买	水
Literally: “to buy water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎishuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎishuǐ [Phonetic: máishuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: mai³-shui³
    • Yale: mǎi-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maeshoei
    • Palladius: майшуй (majšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: máaih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

買水

1. (religion) to give up money as a symbolic act of "buying" water, which is then obtained for washing the body of the deceased, during a funeral

Derived terms

• 擔幡買水／担幡买水
• 買水噉頭／买水噉头