泔水

Chinese

		slop from rinsing rice	water; river
simp. and trad. (泔水)		泔	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānshuǐ → gānshui (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄕㄨㄟˇ → ㄍㄢ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganshue̊i
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-shui⁵
  - Yale: gān-shwei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan.shoei
  - Palladius: ганьшуй (ganʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ seoi²
  - Yale: gām séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

泔水

slops; swill; hogwash

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 潲水 (shàoshuǐ)
(Hakka) 汁水 (zhīshuǐ)
(Min Nan) 潘水, 潘醪, 潘泔 (pāngān), 米潘, 潘 (phun)

Derived terms

泔水桶
米泔水 (mǐgānshuǐ)

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