白水

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	water; river
simp. and trad. (白水)		白	水

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báishuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-shui³
  - Yale: bái-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshoei
  - Palladius: байшуй (bajšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: baahk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍h-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: peqzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

白水

plain boiled water
(literary) clear water

Synonyms

(plain boiled water): 白開水／白开水 (báikāishuǐ)
(clear water): 清水 (qīngshuǐ)

Derived terms

白水白茶

Proper noun

白水

(～縣) Baishui (a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China)

Etymology 2

From 泊水.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍eh-chúi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍eh-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: pe̍eh-tsuí
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Proper noun

白水

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) Tanka (group of people living in junks)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	水
しろ Grade: 1	みず Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
潘

Noun

白(しろ)水(みず) • (shiromizu)

whitish water that has been used to wash rice

Synonyms

磨(と)ぎ汁(じる) (togijiru)
研(と)ぎ水(みず) (togimizu)