破水

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	water; river
simp. and trad. (破水)		破	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòshuǐ
    • 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⁾/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: phuà-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoarzuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

破水

1. (obstetrics) to have one's waters break; to have a rupture of membranes
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien, agriculture) to dig a gap along a field to drain the water

Derived terms

• 高位破水