薪水

Chinese

		fuel; salary	water; river
trad. (薪水)		薪	水
simp. #(薪水)		薪	水
Literally: “firewood and water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xīnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xin¹ sui³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ seoi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sîn-súi
• Northern Min (KCR): séng-sṳ̌
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-súi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshuǐ → xīnshui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shui⁵
    • Yale: syīn-shwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin.shoei
    • Palladius: синьшуй (sinʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 心水 薪水

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xin¹ sui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xinsui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ suei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sān séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin´ sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴ su̯i³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: séng-sṳ̌
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seiŋ⁵⁴ sy²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-súi
    • Tâi-lô: sin-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ sui⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sin sywijX

Rime
Character	薪	水
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息鄰切	式軌切
Baxter	sin	sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪn/	/ɕˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/sin/	/ɕʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjen/	/ɕiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sin/	/ɕjwiX/
Li Rong	/siĕn/	/ɕjuiX/
Wang Li	/sĭĕn/	/ɕwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ĕn/	/ɕwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	shuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san1	seoi2

Noun

薪水

1. wage; salary; pay; remuneration (Classifier: 筆／笔 m c)
2. (literary) daily necessity

Synonyms

• (wage):

• 工薪 (gōngxīn)
• 工資／工资 (gōngzī)
• 工鈿／工钿 (¹kon-di) (Wu)
• 工錢／工钱 (gōngqián)
• 薪俸 (xīnfèng)
• 薪禾 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 薪資／薪资 (xīnzī)
• 薪酬 (xīnchóu)
• 薪金 (xīnjīn)

 

• (daily necessity):

• 布帛菽粟 (bùbóshūsù)
• 必需品 (bìxūpǐn)
• 日常用品 (rìcháng yòngpǐn)
• 日用品 (rìyòngpǐn)
• 柴米油鹽／柴米油盐 (cháimǐyóuyán)
• 柴米油鹽醬醋茶／柴米油盐酱醋茶 (chái mǐ yóu yán jiàng cù chá)
• 油鹽醬醋／油盐酱醋 (yóuyánjiàngcù)
• 生活用品 (shēnghuó yòngpǐn)
• 用物 (yòngwù) (literary)
• 粟帛 (sùbó) (literary)
• 開門七件事／开门七件事 (kāimén qī jiàn shì)

 

Derived terms

• 薪水之勞／薪水之劳

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
薪	水

Noun

薪水 • (sinsu) (hangeul 신수)

1. Hanja form^? of 신수.