魚水

Chinese

Etymology 1

		fish	water; river
trad. (魚水)		魚	水
simp. (鱼水)		鱼	水
anagram		水魚／水鱼
Literally: “fish and water”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-shui³
    • Yale: yú-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushoei
    • Palladius: юйшуй (jujšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: yùh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

魚水

1. (figuratively) intimate relationship; inseparability

Etymology 2

		fish	water; river
trad. (魚水)		魚	水
simp. (鱼水)		鱼	水
anagram		水魚／水鱼
Literally: “fish water”.

Calque of Vietnamese nước mắm or Khmer ទឹកត្រី (tɨk trəy).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ seoi²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): he⁵ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-shui³
    • Yale: yú-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushoei
    • Palladius: юйшуй (jujšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: yùh séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: he⁵ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hṳ̂ tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɯ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/

Noun

魚水

1. (Guangzhou Cantonese, Vietnam, Cambodia) fish sauce

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 魚露 (“fish sauce”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		魚露
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	魚露
	Singapore	魚露
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	น้ำปลา
	Reshuitang (Longling)	น้ำปลา
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	น้ำปลา
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	魚露
Cantonese	Guangzhou	魚露, 魚水
	Hong Kong	魚露
	Taishan	魚露
	Dongguan	魚露
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	鹹湯, 魚汁
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	魚露
	Móng Cái	魚露
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	น้ำปลา
	Betong (Rongxian)	น้ำปลา
Hakka	Meixian	魚味
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	น้ำปลา
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蝦油, 魚露, 蝦滷
Southern Min	Xiamen	魚滷, 蝦油
	Quanzhou	魚滷, 蝦油
	Zhangzhou	蝦油
	Dongshan	魚汁, 汁仔, 魚露
	Penang (Hokkien)	魚露
	Singapore (Hokkien)	魚露
	Chaozhou	魚露
	Shantou	臊湯
	Shantou (Chenghai)	臊湯
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	魚露
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	臊湯
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	魚汁
	Jieyang	臊湯
	Haifeng	魚露
	Bangkok (Teochew)	น้ำปลา
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	魚露, น้ำปลา
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	น้ำปลา