潑冷水

See also: 泼冷水

Chinese

		splash; to spill; violent	cold water; unboiled water
trad. (潑冷水)		潑	冷水
simp. (泼冷水)		泼	冷水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pō lěngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): put³ laang⁵ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pō lěngshuǐ [Phonetic: pōléngshuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: po lěngshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo¹ lêng³-shui³
  - Yale: pwō lěng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: po leengshoei
  - Palladius: по лэншуй (po lɛnšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: put³ laang⁵ seoi²
  - Yale: put láahng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: put⁸ laang⁵ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: pud³ lang⁵ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːt̚³ laːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

潑⫽冷水 (verb-object)

(idiomatic) to throw cold water on

Synonyms

(Puxian Min) 攙凊水／搀凊水, 灑凊水／洒凊水

References

“潑冷水”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.