吃水

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	water; river
simp. and trad. (吃水)		吃	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ seoi²
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qia⁶ xyei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-shui³
    • Yale: chr̄-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyshoei
    • Palladius: чишуй (čišuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ seoi²
    • Yale: hek séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qia⁶ xyei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²⁴ ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹/

Note: “drinking water”.

Verb

吃水

1. to get domestic water
   • “侯国玉大娘的木盒子装满了证件：红本本给俺好福气”, in 新华网‎^[1] (overall work in Chinese), 2022 November 5

     以前吃水都困难，现在我们有澡堂能洗上热水澡。 [MSC, simp.]
     以前吃水都困難，現在我們有澡堂能洗上熱水澡。 [MSC, trad.]

     Yǐqián chīshuǐ dōu kùnnán, xiànzài wǒmen yǒu zǎotáng néng xǐshàng rèshuǐzǎo. [Pinyin]

     It used to be difficult for us to obtain water, but now we’ve got a public bathhouse where we can go and take hot showers.

2. to absorb water

Synonyms

• (to absorb water): 吸水 (xīshuǐ)

Noun

吃水

1. (nautical) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
2. (dialect) drinking water; potable water

Synonyms

• (draft): (Cantonese, Southern Min) 食水
• (drinking water):

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• 食水 (sik⁶ seoi²) (Cantonese)
• 飲水／饮水 (yǐnshuǐ)
• 飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)

 

Derived terms

• 吃水線／吃水线 (chīshuǐxiàn)