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引水

引水

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	water; river
simp. and trad. (引水)		引	水

Verb

引水

to pilot a ship (through difficult waters, or into or out of a harbor)
to draw or channel water

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǐnshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ seoi²
Min Nan (POJ): ín-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yǐnshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinshoei
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    
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    引水
    飲水／饮水
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁵ seoi²
  - Yale: yáhn séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ soey²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: ín-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ynzuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁵³/