水荒

Chinese

		water; river	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (水荒)		水	荒
simp. #(水荒)		水	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěihuang
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-huang¹
    • Yale: shwěi-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeihuang
    • Palladius: шуйхуан (šujxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² fong¹
    • Yale: séui fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

水荒

1. serious water shortage

Synonyms

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• 乾旱 / 干旱 (gānhàn)
• 亢旱 (kànghàn) (literary)
• 做旱 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 天乾 / 天干 (Wu, Xiang)
• 天旱 (tiānhàn)
• 天遭乾 / 天遭干 (tienn¹ zau¹ gan¹) (Xiang)
• 年荒 (Hokkien)
• 旱 (hàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 旱災 / 旱灾 (hànzāi)
• 歹年冬 (Hokkien)
• 苦旱 (Hokkien, literary)

See also

• 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)