汽水

Chinese

steam; vapour water; river
simp. and trad.
(汽水)
汽 水
anagram 水汽

Pronunciation


Noun

汽水

  1. soft drink
  2. carbonated water; soda water
  3. brackish water

Synonyms

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
汽 水
き
Grade: 2
すい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きすい [kìsúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲisɨᵝi]

Noun

汽(き)水(すい) • (kisui) 

  1. 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

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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