水吧

Chinese

		water; river	(modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK? (modal particle indicating polite suggestion); ...right?; ...OK?; (onomat.); dumb
simp. and trad. (水吧)		水	吧

a 水吧 at a restaurant in a hotel in Macau

Etymology 1

水 (seoi2, “water”) +‎ 吧 (baa1, “bar”), which is from English bar.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² baa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² baa¹
    • Yale: séui bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ paː⁵⁵/

Noun

水吧

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) counter or section at a restaurant or cafeteria where drinks and beverages are prepared
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) one who works at such place

Synonyms

• 酒水部

Etymology 2

According to Qian (2007), the term in Shanghainese is not from English.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-pa

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-pa
    • MiniDict: sy^去 pa
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-pa
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ pa⁴⁴/

Noun

水吧

1. (Shanghainese) spa

   • 我去過水吧，有辰光蠻適意，必過有辰光打得也蠻痛。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
     我去过水吧，有辰光蛮适意，必过有辰光打得也蛮痛。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 31

     ⁶ngu ⁵chi-ku ⁵sy-pa ⁶yeu-zen-kuaon ¹me ⁷seq-i ⁷piq-ku ⁶yeu ⁶zen-kuaon ⁵tan-teq ⁶gha ¹me ⁵thon [Wugniu]

     I’ve been to that spa, sometimes it’s quite comfortable, but sometimes the massage is rather painful.

Synonyms

• spa