回水

Chinese

		to return	water; money
simp. and trad. (回水)		回	水

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéishuěi
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-shui³
  - Yale: hwéi-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweishoei
  - Palladius: хуэйшуй (xuejšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

回水

(of water) to return

Noun

回水

backwater; return water

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ seoi²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: wùih séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

回⫽水 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, informal) to refund

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 退款 (“to refund money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		退款, 退錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	退款, 退錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	回水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	退錢, 退款, 回水

References

阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing