過水

See also: 过水

Chinese

 
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker)
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
water; river
trad. (過水)
simp. (过水)

Pronunciation


Verb

過水

  1. to dunk hot noodles in cool water before serving them
  2. to rinse (clothes); to wash out
  3. (literary or Hakka, Southern Min) to cross a river or stream
    過水路面过水路面   guòshuǐ lùmiàn   low water crossing
  4. (mahjong) to relinquish one's chance of completing a hand
  5. (obsolete, vulgar) to have sexual intercourse
  6. (dialectal Mandarin) to let water flow past
  7. (Cantonese) to pay; to hand over the money
  8. (Hakka) to pass a test
  9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to leak water; to seep
  10. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to become overripe
  11. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien, dated) to cross the ocean and go to Southeast Asia

Derived terms

  • 過水麵过水面
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