降水

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	water; river
trad. (降水)		降	水
simp. #(降水)		降	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shui³
    • Yale: jyàng-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqshoei
    • Palladius: цзяншуй (czjanšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

降水

1. (meteorology) precipitation; fallen rain (and snow)

Derived terms

• 降水量 (jiàngshuǐliàng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
降	水
こう Grade: 6	すい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーすい [kòósúí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːsɨᵝi]

Noun

降(こう)水(すい) • (kōsui) ^{←かうすい (kausui)?}

1. fallen rain, rainfall, precipitation

Derived terms

• 降水量(こうすいりょう) (kōsuiryō): volume of precipitation
• 無降水(むこうすい) (mukōsui): drought
• 降水確率(こうすいかくりつ) (kōsui kakuritsu): chance of precipitation

Korean

Hanja in this term
降	水

Noun

降水 • (gangsu) (hangeul 강수)

1. Hanja form^? of 강수 (“precipitation”).