水深

Chinese

		water; river	deep; profound
trad. (水深)		水	深
simp. #(水深)		水	深
anagram		深水

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sam¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chhṳ̂m
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chhim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěishen
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-shên¹
    • Yale: shwěi-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishen
    • Palladius: шуйшэнь (šujšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² sam¹
    • Yale: séui sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chhṳ̂m
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ ciim^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ cim¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sʰɨm²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chhim
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-tshim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuychym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水深

1. depth of water; depth (of a water body)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐ shēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐ shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěi shen
    • Wade–Giles: shui³ shên¹
    • Yale: shwěi shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoei shen
    • Palladius: шуй шэнь (šuj šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Phrase

1. (figuratively) having hidden goings-on; having shady plots

   做这行水很深。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Zuò zhè háng shuǐ hěn shēn. [Pinyin]

   There are a lot of hidden goings-on in this industry.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	深
すい Grade: 1	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

水(すい)深(しん) • (suishin) 

1. depth of water

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.