習水

Chinese

		to practise; to study; habit	water; river
trad. (習水)		習	水
simp. (习水)		习	水

Etymology

From the old name 鰼水 / 鳛水, where the less common character 鰼 / 鳛 (xí) was replaced with the homophonous and more common character 習 / 习 (xí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xíshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xíshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Síshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: Hsi²-shui³
    • Yale: Syí-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyishoei
    • Palladius: Сишуй (Sišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: jaahp séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

習水

1. (～縣) Xishui (a county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China)

Derived terms

• 習酒 / 习酒 (Xíjiǔ)