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水手

水手

Chinese

		water; river	hand; convenient; -er
simp. and trad. (水手)		水	手

Noun

水手

sailor, mariner

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shuǐshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-sú
Min Nan (POJ): chúi-siú / chúi-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishoou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sau²
  - Yale: séui sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sau²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui` su`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ su³
  - IPA: /su̯i³¹ su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuysiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuychiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/