# 汽水
## Chinese

* khì-chúi (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qìshuǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei$^3$ seoi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hei$^1$ sui$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qi$^3$ sui$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hi-súi
    (Hailu, HRS): hi$^ˇ$ shui$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khì-chúi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^3$ zui$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$chi-sy$_5$; $^5$chi-sy$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^4$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: chì-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoei
*** Palladius: цишуй (cišuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qìshuǐr
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cìshuěir
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^4$-shui$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chì-shwěir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihshoel
*** Palladius: цишуйр (cišujr)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^3$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: hei séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^3$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^3$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hei$^1$ sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei³³ sui⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qi$^3$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹³⁻²⁴ sui²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-súi
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi sui$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^4$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˇ$ shui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi¹¹ ʃui²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: khì-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qiezuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^3$ zui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì tsúi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sui⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$chi-sy$_5$; $^5$chi-sy$_5$
*** MiniDict: chi$^平$ sy$^去$; chi$^去$ sy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$qi-sr$_2$; $^2$qi-sr$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/, /t͡ɕʰi³³ sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

汽水
* soft drink
* carbonated water; soda water
* brackish water

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 汽水, 軟性飲料, 軟飲料 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 汽水兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 汽水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 汽水 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 汽水 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 汽水, 汽水兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 汽水兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 汽水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 汽水 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 汽水, 荷蘭水 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 汽水, 荷蘭水 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 汽水, 涼水 dated |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 汽水 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 汽水 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 汽水 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 汽水, 荷蘭水 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 甜水 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 汽水 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 汽水 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 汽水, 涼水 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 汽水, 荷蘭西水 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 汽水, 荷蘭西水 dated |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 汽水, 沐水 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 汽水 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 汽水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 汽水, 荷蘭水 dated |
| Wu | Danyang | 汽水 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 汽水, 荷蘭水 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 汽水, 荷蘭水 dated |
| Wu | Jinhua | 汽水 |
* (brackish water): 半海水 (bànhǎishuǐ)

### Further reading

* “汽水”, 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 :
| 汽 | 水 |
| き Grade: 2 | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きすい [kìsúí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲisɨi]

### Noun

汽(き)水(すい) • (kisui)
* brackish water, the mixture of river water and sea water around the mouth of a river.

#### Derived terms

* 汽水域(きすいいき) (kisuiiki, “brackish water area”)
* 汽水湖(きすいこ) (kisuiko, “brackish lake”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN