上水

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	water; river
simp. and trad. (上水)		上	水
anagram		水上

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ seoi²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): song¹ sui³
• Eastern Min (BUC): suông-cuōi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-chúi / chiǔⁿ-chúi / chiōⁿ-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shui³
    • Yale: shàng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshoei
    • Palladius: шаншуй (šanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: séuhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: song¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ suɪ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: suông-cuōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixzuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

上水

1. to add water (to a kettle, field, etc.)
2. to sail against the current
3. to feed water to a steam engine or radiator (of a car, ship, etc.)
4. to sprinkle water on vegetables or fruit
5. (Cantonese) to come out of the water

   你游咗成十個塘喇喎，捨得上水未呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你游咗成十个塘喇㖞，舍得上水未呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jau⁴ zo² seng⁴ sap⁶ go³ tong⁴ laa³ wo³, se² dak¹ soeng⁵ seoi² mei⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   You've already swum like ten laps. Are you going to get out of the water yet?

6. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to reappear after disappearing for a long period of time

   Synonym: 浮頭／浮头 (pou4 tau4)

7. (Southern Min) to unload a ship
8. (Hakka) to be submerged in floodwater

Synonyms

• (to unload a ship): (Hokkien) 起水

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ seoi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'song⁵ sui³
• Eastern Min (BUC): suông-cuōi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shui³
    • Yale: shàng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshoei
    • Palladius: шаншуй (šanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: seuhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'song⁵ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsɔŋ¹¹ sui²¹³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: suông-cuōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/

Noun

上水

1. upstream; upper reaches of a river

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-shui³
    • Yale: Shàng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqshoei
    • Palladius: Шаншуй (Šanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: seuhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

上水

1. Sheung Shui (an area in Hong Kong)

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshui

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshui
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shui⁵
    • Yale: shàng-shwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq.shuei
    • Palladius: шаншуй (šanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: seuhng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

上水

1. (Southwestern Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka) haslet

Pronunciation 5

• Eastern Min (BUC): chuông-cuōi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ-chúi / chhiǔⁿ-chúi / chhiōⁿ-chúi / chhiū-chúi

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chuông-cuōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Sanxia, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiūⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiūnn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviuxzuie
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiũ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiǔⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiǔnn-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiũ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiōⁿ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiōnn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvioixzuie
    • IPA (Tainan): /t͡sʰiɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiū-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshiū-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuxzuie
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiu²²⁻¹² t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

上水

1. (Min) to draw water from a well

Noun

上水

1. (Southern Min) edema; dropsy

Synonyms

• 水腫／水肿 (shuǐzhǒng)