淚水

Chinese

		tears	water; river
trad. (淚水)		淚	水
simp. (泪水)		泪	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèishuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): leoi⁶ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lui⁵ sui²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lūi-súi / lūi-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèishuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèishuěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-shui³
    • Yale: lèi-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyshoei
    • Palladius: лэйшуй (lɛjšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: leuih séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lui⁵ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui³² sui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi-súi
    • Tâi-lô: luī-suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luixsuie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lui²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁴¹⁻²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: luī-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luixzuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

淚水

1. tear; teardrop (Classifier: 滴 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		淚, 涕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼淚, 淚水, 淚液
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	眼淚兒
	Taiwan	眼淚
	Ulanhot	眼淚
	Tongliao	眼淚
	Chifeng	眼淚
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	眼淚
	Harbin	眼淚
	Malaysia	眼淚
	Singapore	眼淚
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	眼淚兒
	Jinan	眼淚, 淚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	淚, 眼淚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	眼淚
	Wanrong	淚顆
	Xi'an	眼淚
	Xining	眼淚
	Xuzhou	眼淚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	眼淚
	Bayanhot	眼淚
	Lanzhou	眼淚
	Ürümqi	眼淚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水
	Wuhan	眼淚
	Guiyang	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Guilin	眼淚
	Liuzhou	眼淚
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Yangzhou	眼力水, 眼淚
	Hefei	眼水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡, 眼淚水
	Hong Kong	眼淚 †, 馬尿 †, 眼水 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	眼淚
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	眼淚
	Macau	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	眼淚
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	眼水
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	眼淚
	Foshan	眼淚
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	眼水
	Foshan (Shunde)	眼淚
	Foshan (Sanshui)	眼淚
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	眼淚
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	眼淚
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	眼淚
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	眼淚
	Taishan	眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眼淚
	Enping (Niujiang)	眼淚
	Heshan (Yayao)	眼水
	Dongguan	眼淚
	Shaoguan	眼淚
	Yunfu	眼淚
	Yangjiang	眼淚
	Xinyi	眼淚
	Lianjiang	眼淚, 眼汁
	Nanning	眼淚
	Wuzhou	眼淚
	Yulin	眼淚
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼淚
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	眼淚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	眼淚
Gan	Nanchang	眼淚
	Lichuan	眼淚
	Pingxiang	眼淚
	Jianning	眼涕
	Taining	目水
Hakka	Meixian	目汁
	Xingning	目汁, 眼水
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	眼淚
	Huidong (Daling)	目汁
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	眼汁
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	眼汁
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	眼汁
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	眼汁
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	眼水
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	眼汁
	Changting	目汁
	Wuping	目汁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	目汁
	Liancheng	目汁
	Ninghua	眼汁
	Yudu	眼淚
	Ruijin	眼泣水
	Shicheng	眼鼻水
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	目汁
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	目汁
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	目汁
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	目汁
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	目汁
	Hong Kong	眼汁
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	眼水
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眼汁
	Senai (Huiyang)	眼汁
	Singkawang	目汁
Huizhou	Jixi	眼淚, 眼淚水
Jin	Taiyuan	眼淚, 淚
	Xinzhou	眼淚
	Taibus (Baochang)	淚
	Linhe	眼淚
	Jining	淚
	Hohhot	淚蛋蛋
	Baotou	淚
	Dongsheng	眼淚
	Haibowan	淚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目澤, 目澤水
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	目滓
	Fuqing	目滓
	Matsu	目滓
Southern Min	Xiamen	目屎
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	目屎
	Quanzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Jinjiang	目屎
	Zhangzhou	目屎, 目滓
	Zhao'an	目汁
	Dongshan	目汁
	Taipei	目屎
	Kaohsiung	目屎
	Yilan	目屎
	Changhua (Lukang)	目屎
	Taichung	目屎
	Taichung (Wuqi)	目屎
	Tainan	目屎
	Taitung	目屎
	Hsinchu	目屎
	Penghu (Magong)	目屎
	Penang (Hokkien)	目油
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目屎
	Manila (Hokkien)	目屎
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	眼淚
	Chaozhou	目汁
	Raoping	目汁
	Shantou	目汁
	Jieyang	目汁
	Haifeng	目汁
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	目汁
	Singapore (Teochew)	目汁
	Leizhou	目汁
	Haikou	目汁
Puxian Min	Putian	目滓
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	目滓
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	目滓
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	目滓
	Xianyou	目滓
	Xianyou (Fengting)	目滓
	Xianyou (Youyang)	目滓
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	目珠水
	Guangze	目珠水
	Jiangle	目汁
	Mingxi	目汁
	Shunchang	目汁
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	目睭汁
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	目汁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	眼淚, 眼淚水
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	眼淚
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	眼水
Wu	Shanghai	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Suzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Danyang	眼月
	Hangzhou	眼淚水兒
	Ningbo	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Wenzhou	眼淚, 眼淚水
	Jinhua	眼淚
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	眼漏
Xiang	Changsha	眼淚水, 眼淚
	Loudi	眼淚
	Shuangfeng	眼淚
	Hengyang	眼淚水
	Quanzhou	眼淚
Note	† - from crying; ‡ - from irritation