淡水

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in color; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	water; river
simp. and trad. (淡水)		淡	水

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁵ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thâm-súi
Min Nan (POJ): tǎm-súi / tām-súi / tǎm-chúi / tām-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: taam⁵ seoi²
  - Yale: táahm séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁵ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tam⁵ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰäːm¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam´ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam¹ sui³
  - IPA: /tʰam²⁴ su̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-súi
  - Tâi-lô: tǎm-suí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-súi
  - Tâi-lô: tām-suí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tǎm-tsuí
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: tām-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

淡水

fresh water; potable water; drinking water

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 䭕水／𬲕水

Antonyms

鹹水／咸水 (xiánshuǐ)
鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)

Derived terms

淡水魚／淡水鱼 (dànshuǐyú)

See also

飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)
泉水 (quánshuǐ)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dànshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam⁶ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tham-súi
Min Nan (POJ): Tām-chúi / Tām-súi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dànshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dannshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: daahm séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam⁶ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam⁶ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /täːm²² sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tham-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tam sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tam⁴ sui³
  - IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-súi
  - Tâi-lô: Tām-suí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/

Proper noun

淡水

(～區) Tamsui (sea-side district of New Taipei City, Taiwan)
(～河) Tamsui (river in northern Taiwan)

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #7546”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淡	水
たん Grade: S	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

淡 (“tan, 淡い: awai, tasteless”) +‎ 水 (“-すい, "-sui", water”)

Noun

淡水 (hiragana たんすい, rōmaji tansui)

fresh water

Antonyms

海水 (かいすい) (kaisui, “seawater”)

See also

真水 (まみず) (mamizu, “drinking water”)
飲用水 (いんようすい) (in'yōsui, “drinking water”)

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