勼水

Chinese

			water; river
simp. and trad. (勼水)		勼	水

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiu-chúi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiu-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: kiu-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuzuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

勼水

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric, etc.)
(Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) to fall short in the implementation of something

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 食水, 束水, 落水, 燥水, 掬水

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