# 泥水佬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): nai$^4$ seoi$^2$ lou$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nai$^4$ seoi$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Yale: nàih séui lóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nai$^4$ soey$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nei$^4$ sêu$^2$ lou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐi̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ lou̯³⁵/

### Noun

泥水佬
* (Cantonese, Pinghua, Liuzhou Mandarin) bricklayer; tiler; plasterer

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥瓦匠, 泥瓦工, 泥水匠, 泥水工, 泥水師, 泥工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 瓦匠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 泥水匠, 泥水工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 瓦匠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工, 瓦工兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦作 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥水匠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 泥瓦匠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 瓦匠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 瓦匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 泥水匠, 泥瓦匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 泥瓦匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 泥水匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 泥水匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 泥水匠, 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 泥瓦工 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 泥水匠, 泥瓦匠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 泥瓦匠, 泥水匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 泥瓦匠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 泥水匠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工, 泥水匠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 泥水匠, 泥瓦匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 泥水匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 泥水匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 泥水匠, 泥水工, 泥瓦匠 only lays tiles |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 泥瓦匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 泥水匠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 泥水匠, 泥水佬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 瓦匠, 泥瓦匠, 泥水匠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瓦匠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 瓦匠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 砌匠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 泥水佬, 泥水師傅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 起屋公 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 打瓦匠 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 起屋佬 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 泥水佬, 水工佬, 水泥佬 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 水工佬 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 打瓦佬 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 做瓦佬 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 砌屋佬, 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 做瓦佬, 泥水佬, 起屋佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 水泥工 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 打瓦佬 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 瓦師傅 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 水泥工 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 泥水佬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 水泥佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 泥水 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 做泥水個 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 泥水匠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 泥水匠, 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 泥水佬 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 泥水佬 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 泥水佬 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 泥水佬 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 泥水匠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 做瓦師傅 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 泥匠 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 泥工 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 泥水師傅 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 泥水匠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 做屋佬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 泥水佬 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 磚匠 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 磚匠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 泥匠, 泥水匠 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 泥匠 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 泥匠 |
| Jin | Linhe | 瓦匠 |
| Jin | Jining | 瓦匠 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 瓦匠, 泥水匠 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Jin | Handan | 泥瓦匠, 瓦匠, 瓦工 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 泥水, 泥水師傅 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 泥水師傅 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 做厝師傅 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 泥水 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 泥水師傅 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 做厝師傅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 做塗其, 塗師傅 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塗師傅 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 塗水師, 做塗的, 做塗師, 泥水工, 塗水工 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 做塗的 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 做塗的, 作塗的 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 塗水師, 塗水, 做塗的, 作塗的 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 塗水師 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 做塗水的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 塗水 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 塗水師, 做塗水的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 塗水師, 塗水 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 做塗水, 塗水師傅 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 塗水師 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 塗水師 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 塗水師 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 塗水師 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 塗水師, 塗水 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 塗師 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 塗水師, 塗水師傅 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 塗水工, 塗水師, 塗水, 灰工 dated |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 塗水 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 瓦匠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 灰工 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 灰工, 泥水匠, 泥水工 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 灰工 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 塗水工 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 灰工, 泥瓦匠 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 做塗水個 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 水工, 嚴水 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 塗水匠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塗水佬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 塗水佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 泥水佬 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 瓦匠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 泥水匠, 水作 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 泥水匠 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 泥水匠 |
| Wu | Danyang | 瓦匠 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 泥水師傅 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 泥水 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 泥水老師, 泥水卒 derogatory |
| Wu | Jinhua | 泥水老師, 做泥水個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 泥工, 泥工師傅, 泥匠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 砌匠 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 砌牆師傅 |

#### Derived terms

* 泥水佬開門口——過得自己過得人／泥水佬开门口——过得自己过得人