買水

Chinese

		buy	water; river
trad. (買水)		買	水
simp. (买水)		买	水
Literally: “to buy water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎishuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǎishuǐ [Phonetic: máishuǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǎishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: mai³-shui³
  - Yale: mǎi-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maeshoei
  - Palladius: майшуй (majšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maai⁵ seoi²
  - Yale: máaih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

買水

(religion) to give up money as a symbolic act of "buying" water, which is then obtained for washing the body of the deceased, during a funeral

Derived terms

擔幡買水／担幡买水
買水噉頭／买水噉头

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