水道

Chinese
water; river
 
direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (水道) 水 道
simp. #(水道) 水 道

Etymology

Attestable in pre-Qin texts. Sense "water supply" from Japanese 水道(すいどう) (suidō).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 水 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 脂 (18) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 式軌切 徒晧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕˠiuɪX/ /dɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕʷᵚiX/ /dɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiuɪX/ /dɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕjwiX/ /dawX/
Li
Rong		 /ɕjuiX/ /dɑuX/
Wang
Li		 /ɕwiX/ /dɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕwiX/ /dʱɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shuǐ dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 seoi2 dou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 水 道
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shuǐ dào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sywijX › ‹ dawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s.turʔ/ (E dialect: *-r > *-j) /*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/
English water; river way

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 水 道
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11948 11669
Phonetic
component		 水 首
Rime
group		 脂 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 水 道
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰʷljilʔ/ /*l'uːʔ/

Noun

水道

  1. canal; ditch
  2. water course; waterway
    把某物傾倒在水道中 [MSC, trad.]
    把某物倾倒在水道中 [MSC, simp.]
    bǎ mǒuwù qīngdào zài shuǐdào zhōng [Pinyin]
    to dump sth in the waterway
  3. lane in swimming pool
  4. (literary) urethra
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka) water supply

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 道
すい
Grade: 1		 どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 水 (sui, “water; cold water”) +‎ 道 (dō, “passage; duct”).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    水(すい)道(どう) • (suidō) 

    1. water service, water supply
    2. channel
    3. aqueduct

    Derived terms
    • 水道屋(すいどうや) (suidōya, “plumber”)
    • 水道管(すいどうかん) (suidōkan, “water pipe”)
    • 水道局(すいどうきょく) (suidōkyoku, “water bureau”)
    • 水道工事(すいどうこうじ) (suidō kōji, “waterworks”)
    • 水道水(すいどうすい) (suidōsui, “tap water”)
    • 水道栓(すいどうせん) (suidōsen, “hydrant; faucet”)
    • 水道料(すいどうりょう) (suidōryō, “water rates”)
    • 水道料金(すいどうりょうきん) (suidō ryōkin, “water charges”)
    • 水道(すいどう)の水(すい) (suidō no sui, “tap water”)
    • 水道(すいどう)の栓(せん) (suidō no sen, “water spigot”)
    • 下水道(げすいどう) (gesuidō, “drain; sewer”)
    • 上下水道(じょうげすいどう) (jōgesuidō, “water and sewer services”)
    • 上水道(じょうすいどう) (jōsuidō, “waterworks”)
    • 中水道(ちゅうすいどう) (chūsuidō, “gray water system”)

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean
    Hanja in this term
    水道

    Noun

    水道 • (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

    1. Hanja form? of 수도 (“water supply”).
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