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出水

Mandarin · pinyin chū shuǐ

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

ceot1 seoi2

Cantonese word readings for 出水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

to appear out of water; to appear above water
to spurt out water; to discharge water; to send up water
(dated) to be freed from prostitution and start a new life
(Cantonese) to blanch (to boil an ingredient briefly to prepare it)
(Taiwanese Hakka, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to give vent to one's anger
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to undertake the duty; to assume responsibility
(Xiamen Hokkien) to set out (of a group of people)
(Xiamen Hokkien, dated) to have a robbery
(Taiwanese Hakka) to leak; to flow out with; to run off (of liquid)
(Xining Mandarin) to shrink in the wash
(Yangzhou Mandarin) to get out of jail; to be released from prison
(Puxian Min, of a construction project) to be completed
(slang) to ejaculate