插水

Chinese

		insert; stick in; pierce insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	water; river
trad. (插水)		插	水
simp. #(插水)		插	水

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caap³ seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caap³ seoi²
    • Yale: chaap séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap⁸ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cab³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

插水

1. (Cantonese) to dive into water
2. (Cantonese, figurative) to worsen rapidly; to go into free fall
3. (Cantonese, figurative, sports) to dive (to deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled)