抽水

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	water; river
simp. and trad. (抽水)		抽	水
anagram		水抽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chōushuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): thiu-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chōushuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choushoei
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: cau¹ seoi²
  - Yale: chāu séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    抽水
    秋水
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: thiu-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiuzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

抽水

to flush; to pump (of water)
(derogatory) to take a cut (of profits, winnings, etc.)
to shrink in the wash

Synonyms

(take a cut): 抽頭／抽头 (chōutóu)
(shrink in the wash): 縮水／缩水 (suōshuǐ)

Derived terms

抽水馬桶／抽水马桶 (chōushuǐ mǎtǒng)

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