水利

Chinese

		water; river	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (水利)		水	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² lei⁶

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěilì
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-li⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeilih
    • Palladius: шуйли (šujli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 水利 水力

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² lei⁶
    • Yale: séui leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-lī
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuyli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li³³/

Noun

水利

1. management of water as a resource, including conservation and irrigation
2. hydraulic engineering

Synonyms

• (hydraulic engineering): 水利工程 (shuǐlì gōngchéng)