鴻水

Chinese

		{{vern|eastern bean goose}}; great; large	water; river
trad. (鴻水)		鴻	水
simp. (鸿水)		鸿	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-shui³
    • Yale: húng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshoei
    • Palladius: хуншуй (xunšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

鴻水

1. (literary) flood

   • 昔者舜使吏決鴻水，先令有功而舜殺之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昔者舜使吏决鸿水，先令有功而舜杀之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Xīzhě Shùn shǐ lì jué hóngshuǐ, xiān lìng yǒugōng ér Shùn shā zhī. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• 大水 (dàshuǐ)
• 水浸 (seoi2 zam3) (Cantonese)
• 水災／水灾 (shuǐzāi)
• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
• 洪災／洪灾 (hóngzāi)