水泡

Chinese

		water; river	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
simp. and trad. (水泡)		水	泡

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐpào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² paau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-phô
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-pho
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-phau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐpào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěipào
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pʻao⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-pàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipaw
  - Palladius: шуйпао (šujpao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    水泡
    水炮
    水疱
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐpàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěipàor
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: shwěi-pàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipawl
  - Palladius: шуйпаор (šujpaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² paau¹
  - Yale: séui pāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² paau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² pao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-phô
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ po^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ po¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ pʰo²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-pho
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-pho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuyphoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰo³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰo⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰɤ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-phau
  - MiniDict: sy^去 phau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-phau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ pʰɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

水泡

bubble (Classifier: 個／个)

Etymology 2

		water; river	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
simp. and trad. (水泡)		水	泡
alternative forms		水抱

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² pou⁵

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² pou⁵
  - Yale: séui póuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² pou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² pou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰou̯¹³/

Noun

水泡

(Cantonese) lifebuoy; life preserver (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 救生圈 (“life buoy; life ring”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		救生圈
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	救生圈
Cantonese	Guangzhou	水泡, 救命圈, 救生圈
	Hong Kong	水泡
	Taishan	水泡
	Dongguan	水泡
Hakka	Meixian	救生圈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	救生圈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	救生圈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	救生圈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	救生圈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	救生圈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	救生圈
Southern Min	Shantou	救生圈

Derived terms

水泡科
水泡餅 / 水泡饼

Etymology 3

		water; river	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
simp. and trad. (水泡)		水	泡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐpào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² pok¹ / seoi² paau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-phā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐpào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěipào
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pʻao⁴
  - Yale: shwěi-pàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipaw
  - Palladius: шуйпао (šujpao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    水泡
    水炮
    水疱
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐpàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěipàor
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-pʻao⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: shwěi-pàur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeipawl
  - Palladius: шуйпаор (šujpaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi² pok¹ / seoi² paau³
  - Yale: séui pōk / séui paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² pok⁷ / soey² paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² pog¹ / sêu² pao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰɔːk̚⁵/, /sɵy̯³⁵ pʰaːu̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    水泡
    水炮
    水疱
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-phā
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-phā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuypha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰa⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰa³³/

Noun

水泡

alternative form of 水疱 (shuǐpào, “blister”)

Japanese

Alternative forms

水沫

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	泡
すい Grade: 1	ほう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいほー [sùíhóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨiho̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)泡(ほう) • (suihō)

bubble
foam

Etymology 2

An abbreviation of 水 (mizu, “water”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 泡 (awa, “bubble”)

Noun

水泡(みなわ) • (minawa)

bubble
foam

References

^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	泡

Noun

水泡 • (supo) (hangeul 수포)

hanja form^? of 수포 (“bubble”)

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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