墨水

Chinese

		China ink; ink stick; (abbrev.)	water; river
simp. and trad. (墨水)		墨	水
anagram		水墨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mak⁶ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mak⁵ sui²

• Gan (Wiktionary): met⁶ sui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍k-chúi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸meq-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-shui³
    • Yale: mwò-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohshoei
    • Palladius: мошуй (mošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 墨水 沒水／没水

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (墨水兒／墨水儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòshuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòshuěir
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-shui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: mwò-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohshoel
    • Palladius: мошуйр (mošujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: mahk séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mak⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbak̚³² sui⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: met⁶ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛt̚⁵ sui²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bagzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸meq-sy
    • MiniDict: meh^入 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹¹ sz̩²³/

Noun

墨水

1. prepared ink (in a liquid state, used in East Asian painting and calligraphy)
2. ink (of the Western variety)

   鋼筆沒墨水兒啦。 [MSC, trad.]
   钢笔没墨水儿啦。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gāngbǐ méi mòshuǐr la. [Pinyin]

   The fountain pen has used up its ink.

   打印機沒墨水兒了。 [MSC, trad.]
   打印机没墨水儿了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dǎyìnjī méi mòshuǐr le. [Pinyin]

   The printer has ran out of ink.

3. (figuratively) scholarly knowledge; erudition

Synonyms

• (prepared ink):

• 曹素功 (⁶zau-su-kon) (Wu)
• 墨汁 (mòzhī)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 墨汁 (“prepared India ink”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		墨汁
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	墨汁
	Harbin	墨汁
	Singapore	墨汁
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	墨汁兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	墨汁子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	墨汁兒
	Wanrong	墨汁
	Xi'an	墨汁
	Xining	墨汁, 墨汁兒
	Xuzhou	墨汁
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	墨汁
	Ürümqi	墨汁
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	墨汁
	Wuhan	墨汁
	Guiyang	墨汁
	Liuzhou	墨汁
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	墨汁
Cantonese	Dongguan	墨汁
Gan	Nanchang	墨汁
	Lichuan	墨汁
	Pingxiang	墨汁 ready-made, 墨 rubbed from ink stick
Hakka	Meixian	墨汁
	Yudu	墨汁
Huizhou	Jixi	墨汁
Jin	Taiyuan	墨汁
	Lüliang (Lishi)	墨汁
Northern Min	Jian'ou	墨汁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	墨汁
Southern Min	Xiamen	墨膏, 墨烏
	Quanzhou	墨膏
	Jinjiang	墨水, 烏墨
	Zhangzhou	墨膏, 墨烏
	Manila (Hokkien)	烏墨, 墨汁, 墨膏
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	墨汁, 墨水
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	墨汁
	Suzhou	墨汁
	Danyang	墨汁
	Hangzhou	墨汁
	Ningbo	墨汁
	Wenzhou	墨汁
	Jinhua	墨汁
Xiang	Changsha	墨汁
	Loudi	墨汁, 墨水

• (ink): (Jin) 鋼筆水兒／钢笔水儿; (Hokkien) 鐵筆水／铁笔水
• (scholarly knowledge):

• 學問／学问 (xuéwèn)
• 學術／学术 (xuéshù)
• 學識／学识 (xuéshí)

 

Coordinate terms

• (prepared ink): 墨條／墨条 (mòtiáo)

Derived terms

• 喝墨水 (hē mòshuǐ)