破水
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Chinese
[edit]to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out |
water; river | ||
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simp. and trad. (破水) |
破 | 水 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: pòshuěi
- Wade–Giles: pʻo4-shui3
- Yale: pwò-shwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohshoei
- Palladius: пошуй (pošuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: po3 seoi2
- Yale: po séui
- Cantonese Pinyin: po3 soey2
- Guangdong Romanization: po3 sêu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Verb
[edit]破水
- (obstetrics) to have one's waters break; to have a rupture of membranes
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien, agriculture) to dig a gap along a field to drain the water