香水

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	water; river
trad. (香水)		香	水
simp. #(香水)		香	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng¹ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang¹ sui²

• Gan (Wiktionary): xiong¹ sui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-súi
• Eastern Min (BUC): hiŏng-cūi
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shian-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-shui³
    • Yale: syāng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshoei
    • Palladius: сяншуй (sjanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (香水兒 / 香水儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngshuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangshuěir
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-shui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syāng-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangshoel
    • Palladius: сяншуйр (sjanšujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ seoi²
    • Yale: hēung séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiang¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ³³ sui⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xiong¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔŋ⁴² sui²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-súi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ sui^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ su̯i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hiŏng-cūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyoŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shian-sy
    • MiniDict: shian^平 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xian-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/

Noun

香水

1. perfume (Classifier: 瓶 m; 支 c; 樽 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 香水 (“perfume”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		香水
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	香水兒
	Taiwan	香水
	Singapore	香水
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	香水兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	香水兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	香水
Cantonese	Guangzhou	香水
	Hong Kong	香水
Gan	Nanchang	香水
Huizhou	Jixi	香水
Southern Min	Xiamen	芳水
	Quanzhou	芳水
	Zhangzhou	芳水
	Tainan	芳水
	Manila (Hokkien)	芳水
	Jieyang	芳水
	Leizhou	芳水
	Haikou	芳水
Wu	Shanghai	香水
	Suzhou	香水
	Ningbo	香水
	Jinhua	香水

Derived terms

• 淡香水 (dànxiāngshuǐ)
• 玫瑰香水 (“rosewater”)
• 科隆香水 (Kēlóng xiāngshuǐ)
• 香水梨

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	水
こう Grade: 4	すい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーすい [kòósúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsɨi]

Noun

香(こう)水(すい) • (kōsui) ^{←かうすい (kausui)?}

1. perfume, cologne

Korean

Hanja in this term
香	水

Noun

香水 • (hyangsu) (hangeul 향수)

1. hanja form^? of 향수 (“perfume”)