通水

Chinese

		to get through	water; money
trad. (通水)		通	水
simp. ^#(通水)		通	水

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōngshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tōngshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tongshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-shui³
  - Yale: tūng-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongshoei
  - Palladius: туншуй (tunšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung¹ seoi²
  - Yale: tūng séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

通水

to clear a waterway
to supply water
(literary) to act as an inside man; to provide assistance from the inside
(Cantonese, colloquial) to tip off someone

Synonyms

(to act as an inside man): 內應／内应 (nèiyìng)

References

阿塗 [Ah To] (2017), 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing

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