疏水

See also: 疎水

Chinese

		negligent; sparse; thin	water; river
trad. (疏水)		疏	水
simp. ^#(疏水)		疏	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shushuěi
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-shui³
  - Yale: shū-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shushoei
  - Palladius: шушуй (šušuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

疏水

(chemistry) to be hydrophobic
Antonym: 親水 / 亲水 (qīnshuǐ)

Derived terms

疏水性 (shūshuǐxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
疏	水
そ Jinmeiyō	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
疎水

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [so̞sɨi]

Etymology 1

Noun

疏(そ)水(すい) • (sosui)

irrigation canal
- 2018 December 7, Kyoto city water department, “Biwako sosui no go-shōkai [Introduction to Lake Biwa canal]”, in Kyoto-shi joge suidō-kyaku‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2019:
  
  第(だい)3(さん)代(だい)京(きょう)都(と)府(ふ)知(ち)事(じ)となった北(きた)垣(がき)国(くに)道(みち)は，明(めい)治(じ)維(い)新(しん)による東(とう)京(きょう)遷(せん)都(と)のため沈(しず)みきった京(きょう)都(と)に活(かつ)力(りょく)を呼(よ)び戻(もど)すため，琵(び)琶(わ)湖(こ)疏(そ)水(すい)の建(けん)設(せつ)を取(と)り上(あ)げました。
  Daisandai Kyōto-fu chiji to natta Kitagaki Kunimichi wa, Meiji Ishin ni yoru Tōkyō sento no tame shizumi kitta Kyōto ni katsuryoku o yobi modosu tame, Biwako sosui no kensetsu o tori-agemashita.
  The third governor of Kyoto prefecture, Kunimichi Kitagaki, in order to restore vitality that Kyoto had lost when the capital was relocated to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration, undertook construction of the Lake Biwa canal.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 疏水 – see the following entry.

【疎水そすい】

[noun] (chemistry) hydrophobicity

(This term, 疏水, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)