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水夫

水夫

Chinese

		water; river	husband; man
simp. and trad. (水夫)		水	夫

Noun

水夫

boatman; seaman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	夫
すい Grade: 1	ふ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɯᵝiɸɯᵝ]

Noun

水夫 ‎(hiragana すいふ, romaji suifu)

a sailor, a seaman.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuǐfū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fu¹
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-hu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐfū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeifu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² fu¹
  - Yale: séui fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-hu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-hu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'hw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu⁴⁴/