治水

Chinese

		to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	water; river
simp. and trad. (治水)		治	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhìshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tī-chúi / tī-súi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhìshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴-shui³
  - Yale: jr̀-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhshoei
  - Palladius: чжишуй (čžišuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    制水
    治水
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: jih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tī-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixzuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī-súi
  - Tâi-lô: tī-suí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dixsuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/

Verb

治水

to control water resources to prevent flooding

Derived terms

大禹治水 (Dàyǔ zhìshuǐ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
治	水
ち Grade: 4	すい Grade: 1

Noun

治(ち)水(すい) • (chisui)

flood control