縮水

See also: 缩水

Chinese

		to withdraw; to pull back; to contract to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce	water; river
trad. (縮水)		縮	水
simp. (缩水)		缩	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): suk¹ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): suuk¹ sui²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sok-súi
• Jin (Wiktionary): suah^4-3 sui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-chúi / siok-chúi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷soq ⁵sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suōshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suoshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: so¹-shui³
    • Yale: swō-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoshoei
    • Palladius: сошуй (sošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ seoi²
    • Yale: sūk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: suuk¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵk̚³³ sui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sog` sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sog⁵ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sok̚² su̯i³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: suah^4-3 sui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /suaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ suei⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sok-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sokzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: siok-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siokzuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sui⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷soq ⁵sy
    • MiniDict: soh^入 sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq ²sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ⁴⁴  sz̩³⁴/

Verb

縮水

1. to shrink in the wash
2. to shrink; to contract (of profits, quantities, scales, etc.)
3. to become dehydrated

Synonyms

• (shrink in the wash): 抽水 (chōushuǐ); (Xining Mandarin) 出水
• (become dehydrated): 脫水／脱水 (tuōshuǐ)

References

• 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing