水割

Chinese

		water; river	cut off
trad. (水割)		水	割
simp. #(水割)		水	割

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 水割り (mizuwari).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐgē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐgē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěige
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ko¹
    • Yale: shwěi-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeige
    • Palladius: шуйгэ (šujgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

Noun

水割

1. a glass of liquor, typically whisky, mixed with a large amount of water

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	割
みず Grade: 1	わ(り) Grade: 6
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 水割 – see the following entry.

【水割みずわり】 [noun] dilution of whiskey, shochu or other spirits; the watered-down drink [noun] dilution of quality or content

(This term, 水割, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)