下水道

Chinese

		sewage; water drainage, especially after waterlogging	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (下水道)		下水	道
simp. ^#(下水道)		下水	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàshuǐdào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ seoi² dou⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hā-chúi-tō

(Teochew, Peng'im): ê⁶ zui² dao⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshuǐdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàshuěidào
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-shui³-tao⁴
  - Yale: syà-shwěi-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshoeidaw
  - Palladius: сяшуйдао (sjašujdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ seoi² dou⁶
  - Yale: hah séui douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ soey² dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ sêu² dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² sɵy̯³⁵ tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-chúi-tō
  - Tâi-lô: hā-tsuí-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxzuy'doi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ê⁶ zui² dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĕ tsúi tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /e³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ tau³⁵/

Noun

下水道

sewer

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 臭溝仔／臭沟仔

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	水	道
げ Grade: 1	すい Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

下(げ)水(すい)道(どう) • (gesuidō)

sewer
- 1929, 小林多喜二, 蟹工船:
  通(とお)りの悪(わる)い下水道(げすいどう)のように、仕事(しごと)がドンドンつまって行(い)った。
  Tōri no warui gesuidō no yō ni, shigoto ga dondon tsumatte itta.
  Work was getting more and more backed up like a clogged sewer.
drainage channel for rainwater etc.

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	水	道

Noun

下水道 • (hasudo) (hangeul 하수도)

hanja form^? of 하수도 (“sewer”)