水尾

Chinese

		water; river	tail
simp. and trad. (水尾)		水	尾
anagram		尾水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² mei⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): súi-mî

  (Hailu, HRS): shui^ˊ mui^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bé / chúi-bér / chúi-bóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐwěi [Phonetic: shuíwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiwěi
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-wei³
    • Yale: shwěi-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiwoei
    • Palladius: шуйвэй (šujvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² mei⁵
    • Yale: séui méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-mî
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ mi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ mi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ mi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shui^ˊ mui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃui²⁴⁻³³ mui⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bér
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'boea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bue⁴¹/

Noun

水尾

1. (literary or Hakka, Southern Min) downstream regions of a river
2. (Cantonese) leftover goods
3. (Cantonese) leftovers
4. (Cantonese) end of an event, news, popularity, etc.

Proper noun

水尾

1. (dated) former name of Ruisui, Hualien, prior to Japanese rule

Synonyms

• 瑞穗 (Ruìsuì)

References

• (Min Nan) “水尾”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• (Min Nan) “水尾”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.