泵水
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]pump | water; river | ||
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simp. and trad. (泵水) |
泵 | 水 | |
anagram | 水泵 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bam1 seoi2
- Yale: bām séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: bam1 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: bem1 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]泵⫽水 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese) to pump water
- (Cantonese, figuratively) to supply money or capital, often to a unprofitable or infeasible project or company