麗水

Chinese

		beautiful; Korea	water; river
trad. (麗水)		麗	水
simp. (丽水)		丽	水

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Líshuǐ, Lìshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ, ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Líshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Líshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Li²-shui³
    • Yale: Lí-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lishoei
    • Palladius: Лишуй (Lišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-shui³
    • Yale: Lì-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihshoei
    • Palladius: Лишуй (Lišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: laih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

麗水

1. (～市) Lishui (a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China)

Descendants

• → English: Lishui, Li-shui

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 여수(麗水) (Yeosu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lìshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-shui³
    • Yale: Lì-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihshoei
    • Palladius: Лишуй (Lišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: laih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

麗水

1. (～市) Yeosu (a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea)

Korean

Hanja in this term
麗	水

Proper noun

麗水 • (Yeosu) (hangeul 여수)

1. Hanja form^? of 여수 (“Yeosu”).