習水

Chinese

		to practise; to study; habit	water; river
trad. (習水)		習	水
simp. (习水)		习	水

Etymology

From the old name 鰼水 / 鳛水, where the less common character 鰼 / 鳛 (xí) was replaced with the homophonous and more common character 習 / 习 (xí).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xíshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Xíshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Síshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: Hsi²-shui³
  - Yale: Syí-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyishoei
  - Palladius: Сишуй (Sišuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaap⁶ seoi²
  - Yale: jaahp séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

Proper noun

習水

(～縣) Xishui (a county of Zunyi, Guizhou, China)

Derived terms

習酒 / 习酒 (Xíjiǔ)