親水

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	water; river
trad. (親水)		親	水
simp. (亲水)		亲	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-shui³
    • Yale: chīn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinshoei
    • Palladius: циньшуй (cinʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

親水

1. (chemistry) to be hydrophilic

   Antonym: 疏水 (shūshuǐ)

Derived terms

• 親水性 / 亲水性 (qīnshuǐxìng)

 

Adjective

親水

1. accessibile to a waterfront

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	水
しん Grade: 2	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

親(しん)水(すい) • (shinsui) 

1. (chemistry) hydrophilicity

   Antonym: 疎水 (sosui)

2. accessibility to a waterfront

Derived terms

• 親水性(しんすいせい) (shinsuisei)