喝墨水

Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	prepared ink
simp. and trad. (喝墨水)		喝	墨水

Etymology

From the Northern Qi dynasty (505–577) practice of punishing poorly performing candidates for the imperial examinations by having them ingest ink.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hē mòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hē mòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he mohshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: hēmòshuǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hemohshoeil
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂwəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

喝墨水

(figuratively) to attend school; to have knowledge
喝洋墨水 ― hē yáng mòshuǐ ― to study overseas

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