水中

Chinese

		water; river	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (水中)		水	中
anagram		中水

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-chûng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shuǐzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijong
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijhong
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂweɪ̯˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ˥/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² zung¹
  - Yale: séui jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² zung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯˧˥ t͡sʊŋ˥/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui` zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ zung¹
  - IPA: /su̯i˧˩ t͡suŋ˨˦/

Noun

水中

in water; under water

Derived terms

水中丞
水中捉月
水中撈月／水中捞月 (shuǐzhōng-lāoyuè)

水中月
水中毒

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	中
すい Grade: 1	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

From 水 (sui, “water”) +‎ 中 (-chū, “in; within”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) すいちゅう [sùíchúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sɨᵝit͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

水中 (hiragana すいちゅう, rōmaji suichū)

(often attributive) the existence underwater
- 1999 May 27, “カクタス [Cactus]”, in Vol.3, Konami:
  
  水 (すい)中 (ちゅう)に潜 (ひそ)んでいる、得 (え)体 (たい)の知 (し)れない格 (かっ)好 (こう)をしたばけもの。
  Suichū ni hisonde iru, etai no shirenai kakkō o shita bakemono.
  A weird-looking monster that lurks in the water.

Derived terms

水中花 (すいちゅうか) (suichūka): type of artificial flower which "blossoms" in water
水中眼鏡 (すいちゅうめがね) (suichū megane): swimming goggles
水中写真 (すいちゅうしゃしん) (suichū shashin): underwater photography
水中写真 (すいちゅうしゃしん)ダイブ (suichū shashin daibu): underwater photography dive
水中生物観察 (すいちゅうせいぶつかんさつ) (suichū seibutsu kansatsu): aquatic life survey
水中翼船 (すいちゅうよくせん) (suichū yokusen): hydrofoil
水中 (すいちゅう)スクーター (suichū sukūtā): diver propulsion vehicle
水中 (すいちゅう)スクーターダイブ (suichū sukūtā daibu): dive on an underwater scooter

水中 (すいちゅう)ナチュラリストダイブ (suichū nachurarisuto daibu): underwater naturalist dive
水中 (すいちゅう)ナビゲーション (suichū nabigēshon): underwater navigation
水中 (すいちゅう)ビデオ (suichū bideo): underwater videography
水中 (すいちゅう)ビデオダイブ (suichū bideo daibu): underwater videography dive
水中 (すいちゅう　)ライト (suichū raito): underwater dive light
音波水中探知機 (おんばすいちゅうたんちき) (onba suichū tanchiki): sonar
潜水中 (せんすいちゅう) (sensuichū): while diving; while submerged

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	中
みず Grade: 1	なか Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

水中 (hiragana みずなか, rōmaji Mizunaka)

A place name.
A surname.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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