白開水

See also: 白开水

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	boiled water; tea
trad. (白開水)		白	開水
simp. (白开水)		白	开水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báikāishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄎㄞㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ hoi¹ seoi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸baq-khe₁-sy₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báikāishuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄎㄞㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báikaishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-kʻai¹-shui³
  - Yale: bái-kāi-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairkaishoei
  - Palladius: байкайшуй (bajkajšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ hoi¹ seoi²
  - Yale: baahk hōi séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ hoi¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ hoi¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸baq-khe₁-sy₅
  - MiniDict: bah^入 khe^平 sy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵baq-khe₁-sr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ kʰe²² sz̩²³/

Noun

白開水

plain boiled water
覅客氣，一杯白開水吃吃就好了。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
覅客气，一杯白开水吃吃就好了。 [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁶viau--kheq₇-chi₅ ⁷iq-pe₅ ⁸baq-khe₁-sy₅ ⁷chiq-chiq₇ ⁶zhieu ⁵hau-leq [Wugniu]
Don't worry, just a cup of water will be alright.
(Shanghainese) bland, boring things

Synonyms

白水 (báishuǐ)