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放水

Mandarin · pinyin fàng shuǐ

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4–3 · fang4 shui3

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fong3 seoi2

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

fong3 seoi2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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

to turn on the water
(sports) to throw a game (to intentionally play a game less seriously so that more likely to lose)
to intentionally lower difficulty of a test or an examination; to intentionally lower the standard needed to pass an examination or an inspection
(economics) to release money into the market; to increase currency circulation
(dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, slang, usually of a man) to pee; to urinate
(Cantonese) to throw (to intentionally lose a game); to intentionally perform badly
(Cantonese) to release a sum of money
(Hakka) to divert water to farmland (from a reservoir or mountain ponds)
(water conservancy) to release water stored or blocked in a higher level to a lower level
(Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to release farmland water
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have diarrhea