巡田水

Chinese

		to patrol; to make one's rounds	water for irrigating the fields
trad. (巡田水)		巡	田水
simp. #(巡田水)		巡	田水

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sùn-tièn-suí

  (Hailu, HRS): sun tien shui^ˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn-chhân-chúi

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùn-tièn-suí
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun^ˇ dien^ˇ sui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sun² dian² sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹ ti̯en¹¹ su̯i³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sun tien shui^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sun⁵⁵ tʰien⁵⁵ ʃui²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn-chhân-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: sûn-tshân-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sunzhanzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³⁻³³ t͡sʰan²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

巡⫽田水 (verb-object)

1. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to inspect irrigation water and facilities in the fields
2. (Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka, slang, euphemistic) to get laid, to bang (specifically referring to a man having sex with a woman)

References

• “Entry #1908”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.