水袖

Chinese

		water; river	sleeve
simp. and trad. (水袖)		水	袖

water sleeves

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěisiòu
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishiow
    • Palladius: шуйсю (šujsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² zau⁶
    • Yale: séui jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-siù
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuysiux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/

Noun

水袖

1. (opera) water sleeves (white silk extensions to the cuff of sleeves in costumes)
2. (swimming) water wing; armfloat; armband