活水

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	water; river
simp. and trad. (活水)		活	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huóshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fa̍t-súi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oa̍h-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huóshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huóshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: huo²-shui³
    • Yale: hwó-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoshoei
    • Palladius: хошуй (xošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: wuht séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fa̍t-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fad sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fad⁶ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /fat̚⁵ su̯i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

活水

1. flowing water; running water (as opposed to stagnant water)

Antonyms

• 死水 (sǐshuǐ)