過水

See also: 过水

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	water; river
trad. (過水)		過	水
simp. (过水)		过	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-súi
Eastern Min (BUC): guó-cuōi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-chúi / kèr-chúi / kòe-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-shui³
  - Yale: gwò-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohshoei
  - Palladius: гошуй (gošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ seoi²
  - Yale: gwo séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: go sui^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guó-cuōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuo²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kè-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keazuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-tsuí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koeazuie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

過水

to dunk hot noodles in cool water before serving them
to rinse (clothes); to wash out
(literary or Hakka, Southern Min) to cross a river or stream
過水路面／过水路面 ― guòshuǐ lùmiàn ― low water crossing
(mahjong) to relinquish one's chance of completing a hand
(obsolete, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
(dialectal Mandarin) to let water flow past
(Cantonese) to pay; to hand over the money
(Hakka) to pass a test
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to leak water; to seep
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to become overripe
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) to cross the ocean and go to Southeast Asia

Derived terms

過水麵 / 过水面