水雞

More information water; river, fowl; chicken ...

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuǐjī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): shuǐjì
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gai¹
Eastern Min (BUC): cūi-giĕ / cūi^→cṳ̄-giĕ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): súi-koe / súi-ke / chúi-koe / chúi-ke / chúi-kere

(Teochew, Peng'im): zui² goi¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sy-ci₁
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyei³ ji¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěiji
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-chi¹
  - Yale: shwěi-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiji
  - Palladius: шуйцзи (šujczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: shuǐjì [Phonetic: shuíjì]
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): shui³ ji¹ [Phonetic: shui² ji¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂuəi¹¹⁻¹² t͡ɕi³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² gai¹
  - Yale: séui gāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² gei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cūi-giĕ / cūi^→cṳ̄-giĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ie⁵⁵/, /t͡sy³³⁻²¹ ^(k-)ie⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Yongchun, Tong'an, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-koe
  - Tâi-lô: suí-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suy'koef
  - IPA (Tong'an): /sui³¹⁻²² kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sui⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /sui⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kue³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /sui⁵³⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun, Taipei): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi-ke
  - Tâi-lô: suí-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suy'kef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-koe
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-kue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'koef
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-ke
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'kef
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡sui⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-kere
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-kere
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zui² goi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi koi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ koi³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-ci₁
  - MiniDict: sy^去 ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-ji₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xyei³ ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴¹ t͡ɕi³³/

Noun

水雞

(literary or dialectal) frog
Alternative name for 秧雞／秧鸡 (yāngjī, “rail (bird)”).
Alternative name for 蜑家 (dànjiā, “Tanka people”).
(Wenzhounese) duck
(Lichuan Gan, Shaojiang Min) soft-shell turtle
(Cantonese) a person caught in the rain and soaked through
(Cantonese) bong made with a coarse bamboo pipe
(Cantonese, dated) ship's prostitute
(southern Taiwanese Hokkien) female genitals

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 青蛙 (“frog”) [map]

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Dialectal synonyms of 鴨子 (“duck”) [map]

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Dialectal synonyms of 鱉 (“softshell turtle”) [map]

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Dialectal synonyms of 陰戶 (“vulva; female genitalia”) [map]

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Derived terms

水雞泅 / 水鸡泅

Descendants

→ Indonesian: swike

		water; river	fowl; chicken
trad. (水雞/水鷄)		水	雞/鷄
simp. (水鸡)		水	鸡

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