# 淡水
## Chinese

* 淡水 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 淡水 (Cantonese)
* Thâm-súi (Hakka)
* Tām-chúi (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dànshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taam$^5$ seoi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thâm-súi
    (Hailu, HRS): tam$^ˋ$ shui$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tǎm-súi / tām-súi / tǎm-chúi / tām-chúi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dan$^6$ zui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: dàn-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannshoei
*** Palladius: даньшуй (danʹšuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taam$^5$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: táahm séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taam$^5$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tam$^5$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːm¹³ sɵy̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thâm-súi
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam$^ˊ$ sui$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tam$^1$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam²⁴ su̯i³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam$^ˋ$ shui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵³ ʃui²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-súi
*** Tâi-lô: tǎm-suí
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² sui⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-súi
*** Tâi-lô: tām-suí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ sui⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǎm-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: tǎm-tsuí
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tam²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tām-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: tām-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
*** IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dan$^6$ zui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăⁿ tsúi
*** Sinological IPA : /tã³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/

#### Noun

淡水
* fresh water; potable water; drinking water

##### Synonyms

* (Jin) 甜水
* (Hokkien) 䭕水／𬲕水

##### Antonyms

* 鹹水／咸水 (xiánshuǐ)
* 鹽水／盐水 (yánshuǐ)

##### Derived terms

* 淡水魚 / 淡水鱼 (dànshuǐyú)

#### See also

* 飲用水／饮用水 (yǐnyòngshuǐ)
* 泉水 (quánshuǐ)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Dànshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daam$^6$ seoi$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): Tham-súi
    (Hailu, HRS): tam$^˖$ shui$^ˊ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tām-chúi / Tām-súi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Dànshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Dànshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: Tan$^4$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: Dàn-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dannshoei
*** Palladius: Даньшуй (Danʹšuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daam$^6$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: daahm séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daam$^6$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dam$^6$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːm²² sɵy̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tham-súi
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam sui$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tam$^4$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tam$^˖$ shui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰam³³ ʃui²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: Tām-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxmzuie
*** IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-súi
*** Tâi-lô: Tām-suí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxmsuie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam³³⁻²¹ sui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tam³³⁻¹¹ sui⁵³/

#### Proper noun

淡水
* (～區, formerly ～鎮) Tamsui (a sea-side district in New Taipei, Taiwan)
* (～街道, formerly ～鎮) Dansui (a subdistrict of Huiyang district, Huizhou, Guangdong)
* (～河) Tamsui (a river in northern Taiwan)

##### Descendants

* → English: Tamsui, Tan-shui

### References

* (Min Nan) “淡水”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 淡 | 水 |
| たん Grade: S | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

淡 (“tasteless”) +‎ 水 (“water”)

### Noun

淡(たん)水(すい) • (tansui)
* fresh water

#### Antonyms

* 海水(かいすい) (kaisui, “seawater”)

#### See also

* 真水(まみず) (mamizu, “drinking water”)
* 飲用水(いんようすい) (in'yōsui, “drinking water”)