油水

Chinese

		oil; sly	water; river
simp. and trad. (油水)		油	水
anagram		水油

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóushuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ seoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù-súi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-chúi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yóushuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yóushuěi
  - Wade–Giles: yu²-shui³
  - Yale: yóu-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youshoei
  - Palladius: юшуй (jušuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: yàuh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù-súi
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ sui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu² sui³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹ su̯i³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-chúi
  - Tâi-lô: iû-tsuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuzuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

Noun

油水

(literally) grease or oil found in cooking
(figuratively, usually pejorative) piece of the pie; side benefit

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