水柱

Chinese

		water; river	pillar
simp. and trad. (水柱)		水	柱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² cyu⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chhû
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-thiāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhù
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-chu⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-jù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijuh
  - Palladius: шуйчжу (šujčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² cyu⁵
  - Yale: séui chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² qu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chhû
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ cu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ cu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-thiāu
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-thiāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'tiau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiau³³/

Noun

水柱

column of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	柱
みず Grade: 1	はしら > ばしら Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
水	柱
すい Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいちゅう [sùíchúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨit͡ɕɨː]

IPA^(key): [mʲizɨba̠ɕiɾa̠]

Noun

水(すい)柱(ちゅう) or 水(みず)柱(ばしら) • (suichū or mizubashira)

column of water
- 1940, 海野十三, 地球要塞:
  やがて洋上(ようじょう)には、真白(まっしろ)な水柱(みずばしら)が奔騰(ほんとう)した。
  Yagate yōjō ni wa, masshiro na mizubashira ga hontō shita.
  Before long, a pure white column of water spewed out from the ocean's surface.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN