冬水

Chinese

		winter	water; river
simp. and trad. (冬水)		冬	水
Literally: “winter water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-shui³
    • Yale: dūng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongshoei
    • Palladius: дуншуй (dunšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ seoi²
    • Yale: dūng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

冬水

1. water used in the irrigation and ground temperature control of agricultural fields during winter months

   • 田裡的冬水也咕咕地起著水泡 [MSC, trad.]
     田里的冬水也咕咕地起著水泡 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1985, 莫懷戚 (Huaiqi Mo), 散步 (Stroll)

     tián lǐ de dōngshuǐ yě gūgū de qǐ zhe shuǐpào [Pinyin]

     the winter water in the field gurgled forth bubbles