清水

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	water; river
trad. (清水)		清	水
simp. #(清水)		清	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ seoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-súi
• Eastern Min (BUC): chĭng-cūi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-chúi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chin-sy₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-shui³
    • Yale: chīng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingshoei
    • Palladius: циншуй (cinšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ seoi²
    • Yale: chīng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: qin^ˊ sui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin²⁴ su̯i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĭng-cūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹chin-sy₅
    • MiniDict: chin^平 sy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qin-sr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

清水

1. clear and pure water; fresh water
2. (literary) saliva; slobber; drool

Synonyms

• (clear water): (literary) 白水 (báishuǐ)
• (saliva): 口水 (kǒushuǐ)

Derived terms

• 清水下雜麵 / 清水下杂面
• 清水房 (qīngshuǐfáng)
• 清水橋 / 清水桥 (Qīngshuǐqiáo)
• 清水池
• 清水煙 / 清水烟
• 清水祖師 / 清水祖师
• 清水衙門 / 清水衙门
• 清水貨 / 清水货

 

Proper noun

清水

1. (～縣) Qingshui (a county of Tianshui, Gansu, China)
2. (～鎮) Qingshui Town, name of several towns in China
3. (～區) Qingshui (a district of Taichung, Taiwan)
4. (～區) Shimizu-ku, a district in Shizuoka, Japan
5. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 清水, Shimizu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	水
せい Grade: 4	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸水 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
清	水
きよ Grade: 4	みず Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸水 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
清	水
し Grade: 4	みず Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
淸水 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しみず [shìmízú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimʲizɨ]

• (Tokyo) せーすい [sèésúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːsɨi]

Noun

清(し)水(みず) • (shimizu) ^{←しみづ (simidu)?}

1. springwater

Proper noun

清(し)水(みず) • (Shimizu) 
(alternative reading hiragana きよみず, rōmaji Kiyomizu, historical hiragana きよみづ)

1. a surname