污水

See also: 汙水 and 汚水

Chinese

		dirt; filth	water; river
trad. (污水/汙水)		污/汙	水
simp. (污水)		污	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ seoi²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): u-chúi / ù-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): u¹ zui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wushuěi
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-shui³
    • Yale: wū-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ushoei
    • Palladius: ушуй (ušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ seoi²
    • Yale: wū séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: u-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ù-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uozuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: u¹ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: u tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³³⁻²³ t͡sui⁵²/

Noun

污水

1. sewage; wastewater

   生活污水  ―  shēnghuó wūshuǐ  ―  sanitary sewage

   污水處理／污水处理  ―  wūshuǐ chǔlǐ  ―  sewage treatment

Synonyms

• 穢水／秽水 (huìshuǐ)

Derived terms

• 污水池 (wūshuǐchí)
• 污水管 (wūshuǐguǎn)

Related terms

• 廢水／废水 (fèishuǐ)