# 大水
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàshuǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da$^4$ sui$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai$^6$ seoi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ai$^5$ sui$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thai-súi
    (Hailu, HRS): tai$^˖$ shui$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tai$^4$ sui$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): da$^3$ sui$^2$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dua$^5$ zui$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-chúi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dua$^7$ zui$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$du-sy$_5$ / $^2$dou$_6$-syu$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàshuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàshuěi
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-shui$^3$
*** Yale: dà-shwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshoei
*** Palladius: дашуй (dašuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: da$^4$ sui$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dasui
*** Sinological IPA : /ta²¹³ suei⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ seoi$^2$
*** Yale: daaih séui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ soey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ sêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² sɵy̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ai$^5$ sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³² sui⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-súi
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai sui$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tai$^4$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ su̯i³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tai$^˖$ shui$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ ʃui²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tai$^4$ sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ suɪ³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: da$^3$ sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ suei⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dua$^5$ zui$^3$ [Phonetic: dua$^5$ lui$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: duā-cûi
*** Sinological IPA : /tua²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lui⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dua$^5$ zui$^3$ [Phonetic: dua$^5$ lui$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /tua²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lui³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chúi
*** Tâi-lô: tuā-tsuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzuie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dua$^7$ zui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuā tsúi
*** Sinological IPA : /tua¹¹ t͡sui⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$du-sy$_5$
*** MiniDict: du$^去$ sy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$du-sr$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /du²² sz̩⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$dou$_6$-syu$_3$
*** MiniDict: dou$^去$ syu$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dəu²² sz̩ʷ³³/

### Noun

大水
* flood (usually disastrous overflow from a body of water)
       Zhǐyào bùzài xiàyǔ, dàshuǐ jiù huì mànmàn dì tuì le. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Zhòngchūn xíng qiūlìng, zé qí guó dàshuǐ, hánqì 摠 zhì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* sea or river
       Zhè tiáo dàshuǐ yūjī yánzhòng, róngyì zàochéng fánlàn. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Hóng鴈 láibīn, jué rù dàshuǐ wéi gé, jū yǒu huáng huá chái, nǎi jì shòu lù qín. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Taishanese) heavy rain; downpour

#### Synonyms

* (flood):
* 水患 (shuǐhuàn)
* 水災 / 水灾 (shuǐzāi)
* 洪水 (hóngshuǐ)
* 洪澇 / 洪涝 (hónglào)
* 洪災 / 洪灾 (hóngzāi)
* 鴻水 / 鸿水 (hóngshuǐ) (literary)
* (heavy rain): 大雨 (dàyǔ); (Hokkien) 大陣雨／大阵雨, 兇狂雨／凶狂雨

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 大水(たいすい) (taisui)

#### See also

* 乾旱／干旱 (gānhàn)

### Verb

大水
* (Shanghainese) to flood

### References

* “大水”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 水 |
| おお Grade: 1 | みず Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 水 (mizu, “water”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おおみず [òómíꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) おおみず [óꜜòmìzù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [o̞ːmʲizɨ]

#### Noun

大(おお)水(みず) • (ōmizu)
* flood

##### Synonyms

* (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 水 |
| たい Grade: 1 | すい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese compound 大水 (daj$^H$ sywij$^X$, literally “great + water”). Compare modern Mandarin 大水 (dàshuǐ, “flood”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいすい [tàísúí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ta̠isɨi]

#### Noun

大(たい)水(すい) • (taisui)
* great river or lake
* flood

##### Synonyms

* (flood): 洪(こう)水(ずい) (kōzui)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 大 | 水 |

### Noun

大水 • (daesu) (hangeul 대수)
* hanja form of 대수 (“flood”)

## Okinawan
### Etymology

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 水 |
| うー Grade: 1 | みじ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of 大 (ū-, “great”) +‎ 水 (miji, “water”). Cognate to Japanese 大(おお)水(みず) (ōmizu).

### Noun

大(うー)水(みじ) (ūmiji)
* flood

### References

* “うーみじ【大水】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.