# 鹽水
## Chinese

* 鹽水 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 鹽水區 (Cantonese)
* Yàm-súi-khî (Hakka)
* Kiâm-chúi-khu (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yánshuǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янфи (i͡anfi, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^4$ seoi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iâm-chúi
* Wu (Ningbo, Wugniu): $^2$hi-syu$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yánshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yánshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: yán-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanshoei
*** Palladius: яньшуй (janʹšuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янфи (i͡anfi, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /iæ̃²⁴ fi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^4$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: yìhm séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^4$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^4$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâm-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: iâm-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iamzuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^2$hi-syu$_3$
*** MiniDict: hi$^平$ syu$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /hi²² sz̩ʷ⁵¹/

#### Noun

鹽水
* salt solution; brine
    二次精製鹽水／二次精制盐水 ― èrcì jīngzhì yánshuǐ ― secondary refined brine

##### Synonyms

* 鹹水／咸水 (xiánshuǐ)

##### Antonyms

* 淡水 (dànshuǐ)

##### Derived terms

* 吊鹽水／吊盐水 (diào yánshuǐ)
* 生理食鹽水／生理食盐水
* 生理鹽水／生理盐水 (shēnglǐ yánshuǐ)
* 鹽水佛／盐水佛
* 鹽水區／盐水区
* 鹽水溪／盐水溪 (Yánshuǐ Xī)
* 鹽水蜂炮／盐水蜂炮
* 鹽水選種／盐水选种
* 鹽水針／盐水针
* 鹽水飯／盐水饭
* 鹽水鴨／盐水鸭 (yánshuǐyā)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Yánshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Kiâm-chúi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Yánshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Yánshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: Yen$^2$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: Yán-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanshoei
*** Palladius: Яньшуй (Janʹšuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiâm-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: Kiâm-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiamzuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam²³⁻³³ t͡sui⁴¹/

#### Proper noun

鹽水
* (～區) Yanshuei, Yanshui (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
    From: 7 November 2017, Formosan ring-necked pheasants spotted in Tainan 西港金砂里 出現二十多隻台灣環頸雉, Taipei Times, 楊金城, EDWARD JONES, trans.
    Cǐwài, Jiāngjūn Qū Běipǔ Lǐ, Yánshuǐ Qū Fàndiàn Lǐ yě yǒu Táiwān Huánjǐngzhì qīxí. [Pinyin]
    There have also been separate sightings of Formosan ring-necked pheasants perching in Beipu Borough in Jiangjun District and in Fandian Borough in the city’s Yanshuei District.

##### Descendants

* → English: Yanshuei, Yanshui, Yenshui

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 鹽 | 水 |
| しお Hyōgai | みず Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 鹽 | 水 |
| えん Hyōgai | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 鹽水 – see the following entry. :
| 【塩水しおみず】 | [noun] brine (salt water) |
| 【塩水えんすい】 | [noun] brine |
(This term, 鹽水, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 鹽 | 水 |

### Noun

鹽水 • (yeomsu) (hangeul 염수)
* hanja form of 염수 (“brine”)