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潑水

潑水

See also: 泼水

Chinese

		splash; to spill; violent	water; river
trad. (潑水)		潑	水
simp. (泼水)		泼	水

Verb

潑水

to sprinkle water

Derived terms

潑水節／泼水节 (Pōshuǐjié)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pōshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): put³ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): phoah-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pōshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: put³ seoi²
  - Yale: put séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸ soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: phuah-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoahzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)⁵ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/