水底

Chinese

		water; river	background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
trad. (水底)		水	底
simp. #(水底)		水	底

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐdǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² dai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² ai²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-tái
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zui² doi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐdǐ [Phonetic: shuídǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěidǐ
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ti³
    • Yale: shwěi-dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeidii
    • Palladius: шуйди (šujdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² dai²
    • Yale: séui dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui² ai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ ai⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-tái
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` dai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ dai³
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ tai̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui² doi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi tói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ toi⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

水底

1. bottom or bed of a body of water

Derived terms

• 水底摸月
• 水底撈月／水底捞月
• 水底撈針／水底捞针 (shuǐdǐlāozhēn)
• 水底納瓜／水底纳瓜

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	底
みず Grade: 1	そこ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mizu, “water”) +‎ 底 (soko, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みずそこ [mìzúsókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizɨᵝso̞ko̞]

Noun

水(みず)底(そこ) • (mizusoko) 

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	底
み Grade: 1	そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
水	底
み Grade: 1	そこ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mi, “water”) +‎ な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 底 (soko, “bottom”).

Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みなそこ [mìnásókó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) みなぞこ [mìnázókó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠so̞ko̞]
• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠zo̞ko̞]

Noun

水底(みなそこ) • (minasoko)  (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, rōmaji minazoko)

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
水	底
すい Grade: 1	てい Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 水底 (sywijX *děi, literally “water bottom”). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 (shuǐdǐ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいてー [sùítéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝite̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)底(てい) • (suitei) 

1. the bottom or bed of a body of water

Derived terms

• 水底(すいてい)線(せん) (suiteisen): an underwater cable, such as on the seabed or a riverbed
• 水底(すいてい)植物(しょくぶつ) (suitei shokubutsu): a benthophyte: a plant that grows on the bed of a body of water