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泔水

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泔水

  • gānshuǐ Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • gam¹ seoi² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • gānshuǐ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • gānshui Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄍㄢ ㄕㄨㄟˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • ㄍㄢ ˙ㄕㄨㄟ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • ganshue̊i Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • kan¹-shui⁵ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • gān-shwei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • gan.shoei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ганьшуй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • /kän⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • gam¹ seoi² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gām séui Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gam¹ soey² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gem¹ sêu² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /kɐm⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Sounds like 泔水, 乾水, 干水, 甘水

noun

  1. 淘米、清洗蔬果或刷洗鍋碗瓢盆後的水
  2. 用過的髒水
  3. Mainland China 廚餘

Similar: 潲水, 汁水, 潘水, 潘醪, 潘泔, 米潘, 潘

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noun

Similar: 潲水, 汁水, 潘水, 潘醪, 潘泔, 米潘, 潘

In English

  • hogwash scraps fed to pigs
  • slop content or entertainment which is worthless
  • swill mixture of solid and liquid food scraps

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"泔水." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%B3%94%E6%B0%B4. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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泔水. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%B3%94%E6%B0%B4

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"泔水." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%B3%94%E6%B0%B4.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {泔水},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%B3%94%E6%B0%B4},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}