羊水

Chinese

		caprid	water; river
simp. and trad. (羊水)		羊	水

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yángshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ-chúi / iôⁿ-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yángshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yángshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: yang²-shui³
  - Yale: yáng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangshoei
  - Palladius: яншуй (janšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joeng⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: yèuhng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: iûnn-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: viuzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iũ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iũ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iũ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: iônn-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vioizuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

羊水

amniotic fluid
我太太羊水破了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ tàitai yángshuǐ pò le. [Pinyin]
My wife's water broke.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 羊水 (“amniotic fluid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		羊水
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	羊水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	羊水
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊水
	Quanzhou	羊水
	Zhangzhou	羊水
Wu	Shanghai	胞漿水
	Shanghai (Chongming)	胞漿水
	Ningbo	胞漿水

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羊	水
よう Grade: 3	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーすい [yòósúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːsɨi]

Noun

羊(よう)水(すい) • (yōsui) ^{←やうすい (yausui)^?}

amniotic fluid

Related terms

羊膜(ようまく) (yōmaku, “amnion”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
羊	水

Noun

羊水 • (yangsu) (hangeul 양수)

hanja form^? of 양수 (“amniotic fluid”)