浠水

Chinese

		name of a river in Huanggang, eastern Hubei	water; river
simp. and trad. (浠水)		浠	水

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• 浠水 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 浠水 (Cantonese)
• Hi-súi-koān (Southern Min)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi¹-shui³
    • Yale: Syī-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shishoei
    • Palladius: Сишуй (Sišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ seoi²
    • Yale: hēi séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

浠水

1. a river which originates in the Dabie Mountains of Yingshan County, Huanggang, Hubei, China, and flows through Xishui County into the Yangtze
2. (～縣) Xishui (a county of Huanggang, Hubei, China)

Descendants

• → English: Hsi-shui, Xishui