硬水

Chinese

		hard; stiff; strong hard; stiff; strong; firm	water; river
simp. and trad. (硬水)		硬	水

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaang⁶ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngē-chúi / ngǐ-chúi / ngī-chúi / ngēe-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴-shui³
    • Yale: yìng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinqshoei
    • Palladius: иншуй (inšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaang⁶ seoi²
    • Yale: ngaahng séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaang⁶ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngang⁶ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːŋ²² sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngē-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngē-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngexzuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋẽ³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngǐ-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngǐ-tsuí
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋĩ²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngī-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngī-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngixzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋĩ²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngēe-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: ngēe-tsuí
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋɛ̃²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

硬水

1. (chemistry) hard water

Antonyms

• 軟水／软水 (ruǎnshuǐ)

Adjective

硬水

1. (Mainland China Hokkien) arduous; strenuous

Synonyms

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• 不容易 (bùróngyì)
• 勤 (qín) (literary, or in compounds)
• 困難 / 困难
• 疑難 / 疑难 (yínán)
• 硬斗 (Hokkien)
• 硬氣 / 硬气 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 硬繚 / 硬缭 (Hokkien)
• 硬頭 / 硬头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 良苦 (liángkǔ) (literary)
• 艱巨 / 艰巨 (jiānjù)
• 艱苦 / 艰苦 (jiānkǔ)
• 艱辛 / 艰辛 (jiānxīn)
• 艱難 / 艰难 (jiānnán)
• 苦難 / 苦难 (kǔnàn)
• 辛勞 / 辛劳 (xīnláo)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
• 難 / 难