吊鹽水

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	salt solution; brine; Yanshuei
trad. (吊鹽水)		吊	鹽水
simp. (吊盐水)		吊	盐水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào yánshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu³ jim⁴ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau¹ yiam¹ sui²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tiau ⁶yi-sy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào yánshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào yánshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴ yen²-shui³
    • Yale: dyàu yán-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw yanshoei
    • Palladius: дяо яньшуй (djao janʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ jim⁴ seoi²
    • Yale: diu yìhm séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ jim⁴ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ yim⁴ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ jiːm²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: iau¹ yiam¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³ jiam³³ sui⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tiau ⁶yi-sy
    • MiniDict: tiau^去 yi^去 sy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tiau ³hhi-sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ⁴⁴  ɦi²² sz̩⁴⁴/

Verb

吊⫽鹽水 (verb-object)

1. (medicine) to have intravenous saline infusion
2. (regional, medicine, informal, by extension) to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip
3. (Cantonese, figurative) to be barely surviving (often financially)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打點滴 (“to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		輸液 Mainland, 補液 Mainland
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	輸液
	Taiwan	打點滴, 吊點滴
	Langfang	輸液
	Chifeng	輸液
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	輸液, 打吊瓶
	Harbin	打吊針, 打吊瓶
	Shenyang	輸液, 打吊針, 打滴流兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	輸液
	Tangshan	輸液, 打吊針兒, 打吊針
	Cangzhou	輸液, 打吊針
	Baoding	輸液
	Shijiazhuang	輸液
	Jinan	打吊針
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打吊棒兒, 打吊瓶兒, 打葡萄糖
	Qingdao	打吊瓶兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	打吊針
	Zhengzhou	打吊針
	Xi'an	輸液, 打吊針
	Xining	打吊針
	Xuzhou	掛鹽水, 掛水, 打吊針, 打鹽水
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	打吊針
	Lanzhou	輸液, 打吊針
	Ürümqi	打吊針
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	輸液
	Chongqing	吊鹽水
	Wuhan	輸液, 打吊針
	Guiyang	輸液, 吊鹽水
	Kunming	輸液, 打吊針
	Guilin	打吊針
	Liuzhou	打大針, 打點滴, 打吊針, 吊鹽水
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	掛鹽水, 掛水
	Yangzhou	輸液, 掛水
	Nantong	掛鹽水
	Hefei	吊鹽水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	吊鹽水
	Dongguan	打吊針
Gan	Pengze	打吊針
	Pingxiang	打吊針
Hakka	Yudu	打吊針
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吊大笐射
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吊大笐射
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吊大笐射, 注大笐射
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	吊大笐射
Huizhou	Jixi	掛瓶, 掛水
	Shexian	吊鹽水
Jin	Taiyuan	輸液, 打吊針
	Xinzhou	輸液
	Linhe	輸液
	Jining	輸液
	Hohhot	輸液
	Zhangjiakou	輸液
	Handan	輸液, 打吊針
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦吊針
Southern Min	Xiamen	點滴
	Quanzhou	點滴
	Zhangzhou	點滴
	Tainan	吊大筒的
	Chaozhou	吊液
	Shantou	吊液
	Jieyang	吊液
	Wenchang	吊針
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	吊針
Wu	Shanghai	吊鹽水
	Danyang	掛鹽水, 吊鹽水
	Wenzhou	打鹽水針