潑冷水

See also: 泼冷水

Chinese

		splash; to spill; violent	cold water; unboiled water
trad. (潑冷水)		潑	冷水
simp. (泼冷水)		泼	冷水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pō lěngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛ ㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): put³ laang⁵ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pō lěngshuǐ [Phonetic: pōléngshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: po lěngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo¹ lêng³-shui³
    • Yale: pwō lěng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po leengshoei
    • Palladius: по лэншуй (po lɛnšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: put³ laang⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: put láahng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸ laang⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: pud³ lang⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³ laːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

潑冷水

1. (idiomatic) to throw cold water on