泔水
Chinese
| slop from rinsing rice | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (泔水) |
泔 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: gānshuǐ → gānshui (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: ganshue̊i
- Wade–Giles: kan1-shui5
- Yale: gān-shwei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.shoei
- Palladius: ганьшуй (ganʹšuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 泔水
乾水 / 干水
甘水
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 seoi2
- Yale: gām séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
泔水
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 泔水 (“slops; swill; hogwash”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 泔水 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 泔水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 泔水 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 潲水, 惡水 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 泔水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 潲水 |
| Wuhan | 潲水 | |
| Guiyang | 潲水 | |
| Liuzhou | 潲水 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 潲水 |
| Hong Kong | 潲水 | |
| Dongguan | 潲水 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 潲水, 潲水子 |
| Lichuan | 潲水, 泔水 | |
| Pingxiang | 潲水 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 潲水 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 泔水 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 潲水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 潘水, 潘醪 |
| Quanzhou | 潘水 | |
| Zhangzhou | 潘水 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 潲水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 泔水, 米泔水 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 泔水 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 潲水 |
| Loudi | 潲水 | |
Derived terms
- 泔水桶
- 米泔水 (mǐgānshuǐ)