水災

See also: 水灾

Chinese

		water; river	disaster; calamity
trad. (水災)		水	災
simp. (水灾)		水	灾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuǐzāi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄞ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): физэ (fize, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-châi
Eastern Min (BUC): cūi-căi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄗㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěizai
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-tsai¹
  - Yale: shwěi-dzāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeitzai
  - Palladius: шуйцзай (šujczaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: физэ (fize, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁵¹ t͡sɛ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² zoi¹
  - Yale: séui jōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zoi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-châi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ zai^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ zai¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-căi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒai⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chai
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Noun

水災

flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)

Synonyms

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做大水
大水 (dàshuǐ)
水浸 (seoi2 zam3) (Cantonese)
洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
洪災 / 洪灾 (hóngzāi)
漲水 / 涨水
鴻水 / 鸿水 (hóngshuǐ) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	災
すい Grade: 1	さい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sɨisa̠i]

Noun

水(すい)災(さい) • (suisai)

flood
Synonym: 水害 (suigai)

References

“水災”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
“水災” in Weblio Dictionary.