酒水

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	water; river
trad. (酒水)		酒	水
simp. #(酒水)		酒	水
anagram		水酒

Etymology

banquet, to host a banquet

First attested in the first chapter of《三笑》.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² seoi²
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵cieu-sy₅ / ³tseu-syu₃ / ⁵cieu₃-syu₃

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔshuǐ [Phonetic: jiúshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-shui³
    • Yale: jyǒu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoushoei
    • Palladius: цзюшуй (czjušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² seoi²
    • Yale: jáu séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu-sy₅
    • MiniDict: cieu^去 sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu-sr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ sz̩⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³tseu-syu₃
    • MiniDict: tseu^上 syu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡søy⁵² sz̩ʷ¹¹/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu₃-syu₃
    • MiniDict: cieu^上 syu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiʏ⁵⁵ sz̩ʷ³³/

Noun

酒水

1. beverage; drink

   自帶酒水／自带酒水  ―  zìdài jiǔshuǐ  ―  to bring one's own beverage

2. [from 15th c.] (Wu) banquet

   吃酒水 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁷chiq ⁵cieu-sy₅ [Wugniu]  ―  to feast in a banquet

Synonyms

(beverage):

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• 嘢飲 / 嘢饮 (je⁵ jam²) (Cantonese)
• 水 (shuǐ) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 茶水 (cháshuǐ)
• 茶湯 / 茶汤 (chátāng) (literary)
• 飲品 / 饮品 (yǐnpǐn)
• 飲料 / 饮料 (yǐnliào)

(banquet):

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• 夜宴 (yèyàn, “evening banquet”) (literary)
• 大菜 (dàcài)
• 宴席 (yànxí)
• 宴會 / 宴会 (yànhuì)
• 筵宴 (yányàn) (literary)
• 筵席 (yánxí)
• 酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
• 酒席 (jiǔxí)
• 酒筵 (jiǔyán) (literary)
• 飲宴 / 饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
• 饗宴 / 飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)

Verb

酒水

1. [from 15th c.] (Wu) to host a banquet