冷水

Chinese

		cold	water; river
trad. (冷水)		冷	水
simp. #(冷水)		冷	水
anagram		水冷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ seoi²
• Gan (Wiktionary): lang³ sui³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lâng-súi

  (Hailu, HRS): lang^ˋ shui^ˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-chúi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lan-sy₅
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): len³ xyei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngshuǐ [Phonetic: léngshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-shui³
    • Yale: lěng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengshoei
    • Palladius: лэншуй (lɛnšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ seoi²
    • Yale: láahng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lang³ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ²¹³⁻²⁴ sui²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâng-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˊ sui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ²⁴ su̯i³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˋ shui^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵³ ʃui²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: líng-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lan-sy₅
    • MiniDict: lan^去 sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lan-sr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lã²² sz̩⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: len³ xyei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lən⁴¹ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

Noun

冷水

1. cold water
2. unboiled water
3. (figurative) words or actions of discouragement; deterrent; disincentive; wet blanket; damper

Synonyms

• (cold water):

Dialectal synonyms of 冷水 (“cold water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		冷水, 涼水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	涼水
	Taiwan	冷水
	Chengde	涼水
	Chifeng	涼水
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	涼水
	Heihe	涼水
	Qiqihar	涼水
	Harbin	涼水
	Jiamusi	涼水
	Baicheng	涼水
	Changchun	涼水
	Tonghua	涼水
	Shenyang	涼水
	Jinzhou	涼水, 冷水
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	涼水
	Tangshan	涼水
	Cangzhou	涼水, 冷水
	Baoding	涼水, 冷水
	Shijiazhuang	涼水
	Lijin	涼水
	Jinan	涼水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	涼水
	Dandong	涼水
	Yantai	涼水
	Qingdao	涼水
	Zhucheng	涼水
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	涼水
	Jining	涼水
	Wanrong	涼水
	Linfen	涼水
	Shangqiu	涼水
	Yuanyang	涼水
	Zhengzhou	涼水
	Xinyang	涼水
	Baihe	涼水, 冷水
	Xi'an	涼水, 冷水
	Baoji	涼水, 冷水
	Tianshui	涼水
	Xining	冷水, 涼水, 冰水
	Xuzhou	涼水, 冷水
	Fuyang	涼水, 冷水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	涼水
	Lanzhou	涼水, 冷水
	Dunhuang	涼水
	Hami	涼水
	Ürümqi	冷水 cold, 涼水 cool
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	涼水, 冷水
	Nanchong	涼水, 冷水
	Dazhou	涼水, 冷水
	Hanyuan	冷水
	Xichang	涼水, 冷水
	Zigong	冷水
	Chongqing	冷水
	Wuhan	涼水
	Yichang	冷水
	Xiangyang	涼水
	Tianmen	涼水, 冷水
	Guiyang	涼水, 冷水
	Zunyi	冷水
	Bijie	涼水, 冷水
	Liping	沁水
	Zhaotong	涼水
	Dali	冷水
	Kunming	冷水
	Mengzi	冷水
	Guilin	涼水
	Liuzhou	涼水, 冷水
	Jishou	涼水
	Changde	冷水
	Hanzhong	涼水, 冷水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	涼水, 冷水
	Yangzhou	涼水, 冷水
	Lianyungang	涼水, 冷水
	Lianshui	涼水, 冷水
	Nantong	涼水
	Anqing	冷水
	Wuhu	冷水
	Hefei	冷水
	Hong'an	冷水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	凍水
	Hong Kong	凍水
	Dongguan	凍水
Gan	Nanchang	冷水
	Lichuan	冷水
	Pingxiang	冷水
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冷水
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冷水
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冷水
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冷水
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冷水
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	冷水
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冷水
Huizhou	Jixi	冷水
	Shexian	冷水
Jin	Taiyuan	冷水, 涼水
	Yangyuan	涼水
	Datong	涼水
	Xinzhou	涼水
	Lüliang (Lishi)	涼水, 冷水
	Changzhi	冷水
	Linhe	涼水
	Jining	涼水
	Hohhot	涼水
	Erenhot	涼水
	Pingshan	涼水
	Zhangjiakou	涼水
	Handan	涼水
	Linzhou	冷水
	Suide	涼水, 冷水
Northern Min	Jian'ou	凊水
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	凍水
Southern Min	Xiamen	冷水, 凊水
	Quanzhou	凊水
	Zhangzhou	冷水
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	凊水
Wu	Shanghai	冷水
	Shanghai (Chongming)	冷水
	Danyang	冷水
	Hangzhou	冷水
	Ningbo	冷水
	Wenzhou	冷水
	Jinhua	冷水
Xiang	Changsha	冷水, 冷水子
	Loudi	冷水, 凍水

Antonyms

• 熱水／热水 (rèshuǐ)

Derived terms

• 冷水浴 (lěngshuǐyù)
• 冷水灘／冷水滩 (Lěngshuǐtān)
• 澆冷水／浇冷水
• 潑冷水／泼冷水 (pō lěngshuǐ)

 

Proper noun

冷水

1. (～鎮) Lengshui (a town in Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
2. (～鎮) Lengshui (a town in Ningyuan, Yongzhou, Hunan, China)
3. (～社區) Lengshui (a residential community of Lengshui, Zhongxiang, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	水
れい Grade: 4	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーすい [rèésúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːsɨi]

Noun

冷(れい)水(すい) • (reisui) 

1. cold water

   冷水(れいすい)機(き)

   reisuiki

   water station

Synonyms

• 冷(ひ)や水(みず) (hiyamizu)

Antonyms

• 温水(おんすい) (onsui)

Korean

Hanja in this term
冷	水

Noun

冷水 • (naengsu) (hangeul 냉수)

1. hanja form^? of 냉수 (“cold water”)