游濕水

游濕水

1. (Cantonese) to swim
   • 2010 October 2, “長洲度假　樂極生悲　名校生溺斃”, in Apple Daily‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2021:

     昨日下午，各人在度假屋安頓之後，有人建議開枱打麻雀，但有人提出天氣暑熱，「游乾水不如游濕水」，於是各人興高采烈的走到長洲東灣泳灘嬉水。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     昨日下午，各人在度假屋安顿之后，有人建议开枱打麻雀，但有人提出天气暑热，「游干水不如游湿水」，于是各人兴高采烈的走到长洲东湾泳滩嬉水。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zok³ jat⁶ haa⁶ ng⁵, gok³ jan⁴ zoi⁶ dou⁶ gaa³ uk¹ on¹ deon⁶ zi¹ hau⁶, jau⁵ jan⁴ gin³ ji⁵ hoi¹ toi^4-2 daa² maa⁴ zoek³, daan⁶ jau⁵ jan⁴ tai⁴ ceot¹ tin¹ hei³ syu² jit⁶, “jau⁴ gon¹ seoi² bat¹ jyu⁴ jau⁴ sap¹ seoi²”, jyu¹ si⁶ gok³ jan⁴ hing³ gou¹ coi² lit⁶ dik¹ zau² dou³ coeng⁴ zau¹ dung¹ waan¹ wing⁶ taan¹ hei¹ seoi². [Jyutping]

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• Used in contrast to 游乾水 / 游干水 (jau⁴ gon¹ seoi², “to play mahjong”).