水災

See also: 水灾

Chinese

		water; river	disaster; calamity
trad. (水災)		水	災
simp. (水灾)		水	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuǐzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄞ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): физэ (fize, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-châi
• Eastern Min (BUC): cūi-căi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěizai
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-tsai¹
    • Yale: shwěi-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitzai
    • Palladius: шуйцзай (šujczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: физэ (fize, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁵¹ t͡sɛ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zoi¹
    • Yale: séui jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-châi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` zai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ zai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-căi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒai⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chai
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Noun

水災

1. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)

Synonyms

• 大水 (dàshuǐ)
• 水浸 (seoi2 zam3) (Cantonese)
• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
• 洪災／洪灾 (hóngzāi)
• 鴻水／鸿水 (hóngshuǐ) (literary)

 

See also

• 乾旱／干旱 (gānhàn)