水深

Chinese

Etymology 1

		water; river	depth
trad. (水深)		水	深
simp. ^#(水深)		水	深
anagram		深水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): súi-chhṳ̂m

(Meixian, Guangdong): sui³ cem¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chhim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěishen
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-shên¹
  - Yale: shwěi-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishen
  - Palladius: шуйшэнь (šujšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sam¹
  - Yale: séui sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chhṳ̂m
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ ciim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ cim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sʰɨm²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sui³ cem¹
  - Sinological IPA: /suɪ³¹ t͡sʰəm⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chhim
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tshim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuychym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰim⁴⁴/

Noun

水深

depth of water; depth (of a water body)

Etymology 2

		water; river	to be deep
trad. (水深)		水	深
simp. ^#(水深)		水	深
anagram		深水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐ shēn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐ shēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěi shen
  - Wade–Giles: shui³ shên¹
  - Yale: shwěi shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoei shen
  - Palladius: шуй шэнь (šuj šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Phrase

水深

(literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 水 (shuǐ),‎ 深 (shēn).
水深危險！／水深危险！ ― Shuǐ shēn wēixiǎn! ― Warning: Deep water!
(figuratively) having hidden goings-on; having shady plots
做這行水很深。 [MSC, trad.]
做这行水很深。 [MSC, simp.]
Zuò zhè háng shuǐ hěn shēn. [Pinyin]
There are a lot of hidden goings-on in this industry.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	深
すい Grade: 1	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいしん [sùíshíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨiɕĩɴ]

Noun

水(すい)深(しん) • (suishin)

depth of water

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

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.