買水
Chinese
editbuy | water; river | ||
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trad. (買水) | 買 | 水 | |
simp. (买水) | 买 | 水 | |
Literally: “to buy water”. |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
Verb
edit買水
- (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