水手

Chinese

		water; river	hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad. (水手)		水	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shuǐshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄡˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фишу (fišu, II-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² sau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-sú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-siú / chúi-chhiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐshǒu [Phonetic: shuíshǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěishǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-shou³
  - Yale: shwěi-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishoou
  - Palladius: шуйшоу (šujšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фишу (fišu, II-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fi⁵¹ ʂou⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² sau²
  - Yale: séui sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-sú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ su^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ su³
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuysiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuychiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

水手

sailor; mariner

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	手
かこ
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
水主

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かこ [káꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞]

Noun

水手(かこ) • (kako)

sailor, helmsman
(Edo) a common sailor

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	手
すい Grade: 1	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
水主

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいしゅ [súꜜìshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sɨiɕɨ]

Noun

水(すい)手(しゅ) • (suishu)

sailor

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
水	手
みず Grade: 1	て > で Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みずで [mìzúdé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲizɨde̞]

Noun

水(みず)手(で) • (mizude)

(writing) a style of writing where the ends of the characters trail

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
水	手

Noun

水手

chữ Hán form of thuỷ thủ (“sailor”)