通水

Chinese

		to get through	water; money
trad. (通水)		通	水
simp. #(通水)		通	水

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shui³
    • Yale: tūng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshoei
    • Palladius: туншуй (tunšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ seoi²
    • Yale: tūng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

通水

1. to clear a waterway
2. to supply water
3. (literary) to act as an inside man; to provide assistance from the inside
4. (Cantonese, colloquial) to tip off someone

Synonyms

• (to act as an inside man): 內應／内应 (nèiyìng)

References

• 阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing