大水

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	water; river
simp. and trad. (大水)		大	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dàshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da⁴ sui³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ sui²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thai-súi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ sui³

• Jin (Wiktionary): da³ sui²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dua⁷ zui²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶du-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-shui³
    • Yale: dà-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshoei
    • Palladius: дашуй (dašuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: da⁴ sui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dasui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta²¹³ suei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: daaih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ai⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² sui⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai sui`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tai⁴ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: da³ sui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ suei⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dua⁷ zui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā tsúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tua¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶du-sy
    • MiniDict: du^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³du-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

大水

1. flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)
2. (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour

Synonyms

• (flood):

• 水浸 (seoi2 zam3) (Cantonese)
• 水災／水灾 (shuǐzāi)
• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
• 洪災／洪灾 (hóngzāi)
• 鴻水／鸿水 (hóngshuǐ) (literary)

 

• (heavy rain): 大雨 (dàyǔ); (Hokkien) 大陣雨／大阵雨, 兇狂雨／凶狂雨

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大水):

• → Japanese: 大水(たいすい) (taisui)

See also

• 乾旱／干旱 (gānhàn)

Verb

大水

1. (Shanghainese) to flood

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	水
おお Grade: 1	みず Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 水 (mizu, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おおみ​ず [òómíꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) お​おみず [óꜜòmìzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːmʲizɨᵝ]

Noun

大(おお)水(みず) • (ōmizu) ^{←おほみづ (ofomidu)?}

1. flood

Synonyms

• (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	水
たい Grade: 1	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 大水 (daj^H sywij^X, literally “great + water”). Compare modern Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいすい [tàísúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠isɨᵝi]

Noun

大(たい)水(すい) • (taisui) 

1. great river or lake
2. flood

Synonyms

• (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	水

Noun

大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)

1. Hanja form^? of 대수 (“flood”).

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
大	水
うー Grade: 1	みじ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 大 (ū-, “great”) +‎ 水 (miji, “water”). Cognate to Japanese 大(おお)水(みず) (ōmizu).

Noun

大(うー)水(みじ) (ūmiji) 

1. flood

References

• “うーみじ【大水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.