引水

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	water; river
simp. and trad. (引水)		引	水

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ seoi²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ing³ zui³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnshuǐ [Phonetic: yínshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-shui³
    • Yale: yǐn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinshoei
    • Palladius: иньшуй (inʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: yáhn séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing³ zui³ [Phonetic: ing⁵ nui³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: îng-cûi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡s-)nui⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ing³ zui³ [Phonetic: ing⁵ nui³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)nui³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ín-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ynzuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

引水

1. to draw or channel water
2. (nautical) to pilot a ship (through difficult waters, or into or out of a harbor)
3. (Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) to inflame, to infect

Synonyms

• (to draw or channel water): (Hokkien) 抾水
• (to pilot a ship): 引航 (yǐnháng), 領港／领港 (lǐnggǎng)

Derived terms

• 引水人 (yínshuǐrén)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “引水”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 305.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
引	水
いん Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

引(いん)水(すい) • (insui) 

1. channelling or drawing water (especially to rice fields)

Derived terms

• 我田引水(がでんいんすい) (gaden'insui)

Verb

引(いん)水(すい)する • (insui suru) suru (stem 引(いん)水(すい)し (insui shi), past 引(いん)水(すい)した (insui shita))

1. to channel or draw water (especially to rice fields)