吃水

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	water; river
simp. and trad. (吃水)		吃	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ seoi²
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia⁶ xyei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-shui³
  - Yale: chr̄-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshoei
  - Palladius: чишуй (čišuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ seoi²
  - Yale: hek séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qia⁶ xyei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

Note: “drinking water”.

Verb

吃水

to get domestic water
- “侯国玉大娘的木盒子装满了证件：红本本给俺好福气”, in 新华网‎^[1] (overall work in Chinese), 5 November 2022
  以前吃水都困难，现在我们有澡堂能洗上热水澡。 [MSC, simp.]
  以前吃水都困難，現在我們有澡堂能洗上熱水澡。 [MSC, trad.]
  Yǐqián chīshuǐ dōu kùnnán, xiànzài wǒmen yǒu zǎotáng néng xǐshàng rèshuǐzǎo. [Pinyin]
  It used to be difficult for us to obtain water, but now we’ve got a public bathhouse where we can go and take hot showers.
to absorb water

Synonyms

(to absorb water): 吸水 (xīshuǐ)

Noun

吃水

(nautical) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
(dialect) drinking water; potable water

Synonyms

(draft): (Cantonese, Southern Min) 食水
(drinking water):

食水 (sik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
飲水 / 饮水 (yǐnshuǐ)
飲用水 / 饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)

Derived terms

吃水線 / 吃水线 (chīshuǐxiàn)