過水

過水

1. to dunk hot noodles in cool water before serving them
2. to rinse (clothes); to wash out
3. (literary or Hakka, Southern Min) to cross a river or stream

   過水路面／过水路面  ―  guòshuǐ lùmiàn  ―  low water crossing

4. (mahjong) to relinquish one's chance of completing a hand
5. (obsolete, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
6. (dialectal Mandarin) to let water flow past
7. (Cantonese) to pay; to hand over the money
8. (Hakka) to pass a test
9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to leak water; to seep
10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to become overripe
11. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) to cross the ocean and go to Southeast Asia

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “过水”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 222.