放水

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Chinese[edit]

 
to release; to free; to let go
to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
water; river
simp. and trad.
(放水)

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放水

  1. to turn on the water
  2. (sports) to throw a game (to intentionally lose a game)
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, slang, usually of a man) to pass water; to urinate
  4. (Cantonese) to intentionally perform badly
  5. (Cantonese) to release a sum of money
  6. (Hakka) to divert water to farmland (from a reservoir or mountain ponds)
  7. (Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to release farmland water
  8. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have diarrhea

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to release farmland water): (Hakka) 旱水

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: 3
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (ほう) () + (すい) (sui).

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Noun[edit]

(ほう)(すい) (hōsui

  1. water discharge; water drainage

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(ほう)(すい)する (hōsui surusuru (stem (ほう)(すい) (hōsui shi), past (ほう)(すい)した (hōsui shita))

  1. to dischage water; to drain water

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