起水

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	water; river
trad. (起水)		起	水
simp. ^#(起水)		起	水

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-chúi

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² seoi²
  - Yale: héi séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

起水

(Cantonese, slang) to be horny (of a woman)
(Cantonese, slang) to have one's menstrual period
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be brought ashore from a boat (of merchandise)

Synonyms

(to be brought ashore): (Hokkien) 上水

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