水夫

Chinese

water; river husband; man
simp. and trad.
(水夫)

Pronunciation


Noun

水夫

  1. boatman; seaman

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水夫):
  • Japanese: (すい)() (suifu)
  • Korean: 수부(水夫) (subu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いふ [súꜜìfù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(すい)() • (suifu) 

  1. a sailor, a seaman.

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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