破水

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	water; river
simp. and trad. (破水)		破	水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòa-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-shui³
  - Yale: pwò-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohshoei
  - Palladius: пошуй (pošuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ seoi²
  - Yale: po séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòa-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: phuà-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoarzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰua⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰua¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰua²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

破水

(obstetrics) to have one's waters break; to have a rupture of membranes
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, agriculture) to dig a gap along a field to drain the water

Derived terms

高位破水

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