鴻水

Chinese

		{{vern\|eastern bean goose}}; great; large	water; river
trad. (鴻水)		鴻	水
simp. (鸿水)		鸿	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hóngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hóngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hóngshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: hung²-shui³
  - Yale: húng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngshoei
  - Palladius: хуншуй (xunšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

鴻水

(literary) flood
- 昔者舜使吏決鴻水，先令有功而舜殺之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  昔者舜使吏决鸿水，先令有功而舜杀之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE
  Xīzhě Shùn shǐ lì jué hóngshuǐ, xiān lìng yǒugōng ér Shùn shā zhī. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

大水 (dàshuǐ)
水患 (shuǐhuàn)
水災 / 水灾 (shuǐzāi)
洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
洪澇 / 洪涝 (hónglào)
洪災 / 洪灾 (hóngzāi)