壞水

Chinese

		bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled	water; river
trad. (壞水)		壞	水
simp. (坏水)		坏	水
Literally: “evil fluid”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàishuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàishuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: huai⁴-shui³
    • Yale: hwài-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayshoei
    • Palladius: хуайшуй (xuajšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (壞水兒 / 坏水儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàishuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàishuěir
    • Wade–Giles: huai⁴-shui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwài-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huayshoel
    • Palladius: хуайшуйр (xuajšujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: waaih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

壞水

1. evil trick; evil intentions

Derived terms

• 一肚子壞水 / 一肚子坏水 (yīdùzi huàishuǐ)