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墨水

墨水

Chinese

		China ink; ink stick; abbrev. for Mexico	water; river
simp. and trad. (墨水)		墨	水

Noun

墨水

prepared Chinese ink (as used in Chinese calligraphy and painting)
ink
scholarly knowledge; erudition

Synonyms

(scholarly knowledge) 學識／学识 (xuéshí)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): ba̍k-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: mòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    沒水／没水
    墨水
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (墨水兒／墨水儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: mòshuǐr
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohshoeil
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂwəɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mak⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: mahk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍k-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍k-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bagzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bak̚⁴⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bak̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bak̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁴¹/