吊鹽水
Chinese
| to hang; to suspend | salt solution; brine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (吊鹽水) | 吊 | 鹽水 | |
| simp. (吊盐水) | 吊 | 盐水 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: diào yánshuǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: diào yánshuěi
- Wade–Giles: tiao4 yen2-shui3
- Yale: dyàu yán-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw yanshoei
- Palladius: дяо яньшуй (djao janʹšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: diu3 jim4 seoi2
- Yale: diu yìhm séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: diu3 jim4 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: diu3 yim4 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiːu̯³³ jiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: iau1 yiam1 sui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /iau³³ jiam³³ sui⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Verb
吊⫽鹽水 (verb-object)
- (medicine) to have intravenous saline infusion
- (regional, medicine, informal, by extension) to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip
- (Cantonese, figurative) to be barely surviving (often financially)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 打點滴 (“to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip”) [map]