勼水

Chinese

			water; river
simp. and trad. (勼水)		勼	水

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiu-chúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kiu-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuzuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

勼水

1. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric, etc.)
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) to fall short in the implementation of something

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 食水, 束水, 落水, 燥水, 掬水