吃水

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	water; river
simp. and trad. (吃水)		吃	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-shui³
    • Yale: chr̄-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshoei
    • Palladius: чишуй (čišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ seoi²
    • Yale: hek séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

吃水

1. (nautical) draft (of a ship)
2. drinking water; potable water

Synonyms

• (draft): 食水
• (drinking water):

• 食水 (sik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
• 飲水／饮水 (yǐnshuǐ)
• 飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)

 

Derived terms

• 吃水線／吃水线 (chīshuǐxiàn)

 

Verb

吃水

1. to absorb water

Synonyms

• 吸水 (xīshuǐ)