水底
Chinese
| water; river | background; bottom; base background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (水底) | 水 | 底 | |
| simp. #(水底) | 水 | 底 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐdǐ [Phonetic: shuídǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shuěidǐ
- Wade–Giles: shui3-ti3
- Yale: shwěi-dǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeidii
- Palladius: шуйди (šujdi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seoi2 dai2
- Yale: séui dái
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey2 dai2
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu2 dei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯³⁵ tɐi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sui2 ai2
- Sinological IPA (key): /sui⁵⁵ ai⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-tái
- Hakka Romanization System: suiˋ daiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sui3 dai3
- Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ tai̯³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zui2 doi2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi tói
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ toi⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
Noun
水底
- bottom or bed of a body of water
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 底 |
| みず Grade: 1 |
そこ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mizu, “water”) + 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
水底 • (mizusoko)
- the bottom or bed of a body of water
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 底 |
| み Grade: 1 |
そこ > ぞこ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 底 |
| み Grade: 1 |
そこ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Compound of Old Japanese elements 水 (mi, “water”) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 底 (soko, “bottom”).[1][2]
Sometimes also read as minazoko. The soko changes to zoko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みなそこ [mìnásókó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) みなぞこ [mìnázókó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠so̞ko̞]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠zo̞ko̞]
Noun
水底 • (minasoko) (alternative reading hiragana みなぞこ, rōmaji minazoko)
- the bottom or bed of a body of water
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 水 | 底 |
| すい Grade: 1 |
てい Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 水底 (sywijX *děi, literally “water bottom”). Compare modern Mandarin 水底 (shuǐdǐ).
Pronunciation
Noun
水底 • (suitei)
- the bottom or bed of a body of water
Derived terms
- 水底線 (suiteisen): an underwater cable, such as on the seabed or a riverbed
- 水底植物 (suitei shokubutsu): a benthophyte: a plant that grows on the bed of a body of water
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN