通水
Chinese
editto get through | water; money | ||
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trad. (通水) | 通 | 水 | |
simp. #(通水) | 通 | 水 |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tongshuěi
- Wade–Giles: tʻung1-shui3
- Yale: tūng-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshoei
- Palladius: туншуй (tunšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung1 seoi2
- Yale: tūng séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: tung1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
edit通水
- to clear a waterway
- to supply water
- (literary) to act as an inside man; to provide assistance from the inside
- (Cantonese, colloquial) to tip off someone
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing