降水

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	water; river
trad. (降水)		降	水
simp. ^#(降水)		降	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shui³
  - Yale: jyàng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqshoei
  - Palladius: цзяншуй (czjanšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong³ seoi²
  - Yale: gong séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

降水

(meteorology) precipitation; fallen rain (and snow)

Derived terms

降水量 (jiàngshuǐliàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
降	水
こう Grade: 6	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーすい [kòósúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsɨi]

Noun

降(こう)水(すい) • (kōsui) ^{←かうすい (kausui)^?}

fallen rain, rainfall, precipitation

Derived terms

降水量(こうすいりょう) (kōsuiryō): volume of precipitation
無降水(むこうすい) (mukōsui): drought
降水確率(こうすいかくりつ) (kōsui kakuritsu): chance of precipitation

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
降	水

Noun

降水 • (gangsu) (hangeul 강수)

hanja form^? of 강수 (“precipitation”)