符水

Chinese

		mark; sign; talisman mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond (to); tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide	water; river
simp. and trad. (符水)		符	水

Etymology

符 (fú) is short for 符籙 (mysterious writing used by Daoists to fight against ghosts and spirits). A Daoist priest would burn writing which was deemed to have magical properties, and then mix the ashes with water. This water was believed to have healing powers. Zhang Jue (d. 184), the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion gave out this water during the outbreak of an epidemic disease. In this way, he attracted a large following, which eventually led to the rebellion.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fúshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁴ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fúshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fwushoei
  - IPA ^(key): /fu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁴ seoi²
  - Yale: fùh séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁴ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁴ sêu²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː²¹ sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

符水

(archaic) magic water; charmed water

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (符水):

→ Vietnamese: phù thuỷ (符水)

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