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食水

Mandarin · pinyin shí shuǐ

(Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice

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2–3 · shi2 shui3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sik6 seoi2

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noun

(nautical, Cantonese, Southern Min) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
(Cantonese or Hong Kong; Zhangzhou Hokkien) drinking water; potable water

verb

(Cantonese) to make large profits
(Hakka, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) to drink water
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to absorb water and shrink (of fabric)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wash new cloth in water
(Southern Min, figurative) to vainly hope to (do something); to attempt in vain

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