重水

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	water; river
simp. and trad. (重水)		重	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁵ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-shui³
    • Yale: jùng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqshoei
    • Palladius: чжуншуй (čžunšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: chúhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

重水

1. heavy water

See also

• 氘 (dāo)
• 重氫／重氢 (zhòngqīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重	水
じゅう Grade: 3	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

重 (jū, “heavy”) +‎ 水 (sui, “water”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅうすい [jùúsúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːsɨᵝi]

Noun

重(じゅう)水(すい) • (jūsui) ^{←ぢゆうすい (dyuusui)?}

1. heavy water

See also

• 重(じゅう)水(すい)プラント (jūsui puranto, “heavy water plant”)
• 重(じゅう)水(すい)炉(ろ) (jūsuiro, “heavy water reactor”)
• 重(じゅう)水(すい)素(そ) (jūsuiso, “heavy hydrogen”)