破水

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	water; river
simp. and trad. (破水)		破	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-shui³
  - Yale: pwò-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohshoei
  - Palladius: пошуй (pošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ seoi²
  - Yale: po séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

破水

(obstetrics) to break water; to have a rupture of membranes
(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Longyan Min, agriculture) to dig a gap along a field to drain the water

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 破水 (“to break water; to have a rupture of membranes”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		破水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	破水囊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	穿羊水, 穿水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	破水
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	破水
Southern Min	Longyan	破水

Derived terms

高位破水