春水

Chinese

		spring (time); gay; joyful spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	water; river
simp. and trad. (春水)		春	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūnshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon¹ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūnshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chunshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun¹-shui³
  - Yale: chwūn-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuenshoei
  - Palladius: чуньшуй (čunʹšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceon¹ seoi²
  - Yale: chēun séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cên¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

春水

(literary) river water in spring
- 舍南舍北皆春水，但見群鷗日日來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  舍南舍北皆春水，但见群鸥日日来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Du Fu, 《客至》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Shè nán shè běi jiē chūnshuǐ, dàn jiàn qún ōu rìrì lái. [Pinyin]
  North and south of my cottage winds spring water green, I see but flocks of gulls coming from day to day.

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