渭水

Chinese

		name of a river	water; river
trad. (渭水)		渭	水
simp. ^#(渭水)		渭	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wèishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wèishuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wèishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Wei⁴-shui³
  - Yale: Wèi-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Weyshoei
  - Palladius: Вэйшуй (Vɛjšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: waih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hjw+jH sywijX

Rime
Character	渭	水
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	于貴切	式軌切
Baxter	hjw+jH	sywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi^H/	/ɕˠiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi^H/	/ɕʷᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi^H/	/ɕiuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj^H/	/ɕjwi^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi^H/	/ɕjui^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi^H/	/ɕwi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/we̯i^H/	/ɕwi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèi	shuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁶	seoi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds qʰʷljilʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	水
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ sywij^X ›
Old Chinese	/s.turʔ/ (E dialect: -r > *-j)
English	water; river
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	渭	水
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12946	11948
Phonetic component	胃	水
Rime group	隊	脂
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	胃	水
Old Chinese	/*ɢuds/	/*qʰʷljilʔ/

Proper noun

渭水

(archaic) the Wei River

Synonyms

渭河 (Wèihé) (modern-day)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渭	水
い Hyōgai	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [isɨi]

Proper noun

渭(い)水(すい) • (Isui)

the Wei River

Synonyms

渭河(いが) (Iga)