抽水

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	water; river
simp. and trad. (抽水)		抽	水
anagram		水抽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chōushuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ seoi²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiu-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chōushuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: choushuěi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-shui³
  - Yale: chōu-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choushoei
  - Palladius: чоушуй (čoušuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau¹ seoi²
  - Yale: chāu séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    抽水
    秋水
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiu-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: thiu-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiuzuie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu³³ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁴²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

抽⫽水 (verb-object)

to flush; to pump (of water)
to shrink in the wash
(Cantonese) to draw some money from each gambling for tips
(chiefly Cantonese, derogatory) to take a cut (of profits, winnings, etc.); to draw advantages from; to take advantage of
(Cantonese) to sexually harass
(Cantonese) to make a sly verbal attack at another person during a discussion

Synonyms

(take a cut): 抽頭／抽头 (chōutóu)
(shrink in the wash): 縮水／缩水 (suōshuǐ)

Derived terms

抽水機 / 抽水机 (chōushuǐjī)
抽水馬桶 / 抽水马桶 (chōushuǐ mǎtǒng)

References

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