威水 in Chinese

IPA: /wɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: wai¹ seoi² [Cantonese, Jyutping], wāi séui [Cantonese, Yale], wai¹ soey² [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei¹ sêu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: 威 (wai¹) (short for 威士忌 (wai¹ si⁶ gei⁶⁻², “whiskey”)) + 水 (seoi², “water”). Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 威水

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"威水" meaning in Chinese

Adjective

Noun