白水

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	water; river
simp. and trad. (白水)		白	水

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báishuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báishuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-shui³
    • Yale: bái-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoei
    • Palladius: байшуй (bajšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: baahk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

白水

1. plain boiled water
2. (literary) clear water

Synonyms

• (plain boiled water): 白開水／白开水 (báikāishuǐ)
• (clear water): 清水 (qīngshuǐ)

Proper noun

白水

1. (～縣) Baishui (a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China)

Etymology 2

From 泊水.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍eh-chúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-tsuí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Proper noun

白水

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) Tanka (group of people living in junks)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	水
しろ Grade: 1	みず Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
潘

Noun

白(しろ)水(みず) • (shiromizu) 

1. whitish water that has been used to wash rice

Synonyms

• 磨(と)ぎ汁(じる) (togijiru)
• 研(と)ぎ水(みず) (togimizu)