汽水
Chinese
| steam; vapour | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (汽水) |
汽 | 水 | |
| anagram | 水汽 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): qi3 sui3
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1chi-sy5; 5chi-sy5 / 1chi5-syu3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐ
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěi
- Wade–Giles: chʻi4-shui3
- Yale: chì-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoei
- Palladius: цишуй (cišuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐr
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěir
- Wade–Giles: chʻi4-shui3-ʼrh
- Yale: chì-shwěir
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoel
- Palladius: цишуйр (cišujr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei3 seoi2
- Yale: hei séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei3 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: héi3 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hei1 sui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei³³ sui⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-súi
- Hakka Romanization System: hi suiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hi4 sui3
- Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: hiˇ shuiˊ
- Sinological IPA: /hi¹¹ ʃui²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chúi
- Tâi-lô: khì-tsuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ki3 zui2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì tsúi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
汽水
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 汽水 (“(carbonated) soft drink”) [map]
- (brackish water): 半海水 (bànhǎishuǐ)
Further reading
- “汽水”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 汽 | 水 |
| き Grade: 2 |
すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
汽水 • (kisui)
- brackish water, the mixture of river water and sea water around the mouth of a river.
Derived terms
- 汽水域 (kisuiiki, “brackish water area”)
- 汽水湖 (kisuiko, “brackish lake”)