# 水珠
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuǐzhū
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ zyu$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zui$^3$ zou$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-chu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhu
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-chu$^1$
*** Yale: shwěi-jū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeiju
*** Palladius: шуйчжу (šujčžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐzhūr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhur
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-chu$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shwěi-jūr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijul
*** Palladius: шуйчжур (šujčžur)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂuɻʷ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ zyu$^1$
*** Yale: séui jyū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ dzy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ ju$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zui$^3$ zou$^1$ [Phonetic: zui$^5$ lou$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sui⁴⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lɔu⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zui$^3$ zou$^1$ [Phonetic: zui$^5$ lou$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sui³³²⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lɔu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chu
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-tsu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuyzw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su³³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sui⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴⁴/

### Noun

水珠
* drop of water
* (Chinese mythology) a kind of precious pearl that can attract springwater
* (Hokkien, Puxian Min) chicken pox; water pox
* (Singapore Hokkien) papule

#### Synonyms

* (drop of water): 水滴 (shuǐdī)
* (chicken pox):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 水痘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 水痘兒, 水花兒 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 水痘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 水痘兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 水痘 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 水痘兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 水痘兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 水痘兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 水痘子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 水痘子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 水痘子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 水痘子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 水痘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 水痘兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 水花 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 水痘, 耍工 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 水花 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 水痘 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 水痘 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 水花花 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 水餜子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 水痘 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 水痘子, 水好事 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 水痘 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 水痘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 水痘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 水珠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 水珠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 水珠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水珠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 水痘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 水珠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 水珠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 水痘 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 水赤痘, 水痘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 水痘 |
| Wu | Danyang | 水痘痘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 水痘 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 野寶, 水寶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 水痘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 水痘子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 水痘 |
* (papule): 丘疹 (qiūzhěn)

#### Derived terms

* 出水珠

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “水珠”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 605.