井水 (zeng2 seoi2) — well water; (placename) Cheng Sui in Cantonese
zengˊ²井seoiˊ²水Mandarin Pinyin: jing3 shui3
Meaning of 井水
nounwell water; (placename) Cheng Sui
nounwater from a water well
Example Sentences with 井水
jiˏ₅以cinˎ₄前douˉ¹都sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水
We used to drink well water.
keoiˏ₅佢sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水mˎ₄唔zaapˍ₆習gwaan˗₃慣
He's not used to drinking well water.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水gaa˗₃㗎
This place uses well water.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水
Don't drink well water.
keoiˏ₅佢gengˉ¹驚sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水
He's afraid of drinking well water.
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Words Containing 井水
食井水sik6 zeng2 seoi2
(orig. of boat society women) to marry into a dry-land family; → (of women) to marry into a family of higher social class; to marry into a family of means and to live comfortably because of it; (of female prostitutes, a euphemism) to marry | Literally, "to consume well-water", the inference is that the woman is no longer sourcing her drinking and cooking water from rivers and streams, but from wells, as dry-land people traditionally do | Also: 埋街食井水; 埋街
井水乾了zeng2 seoi2 gon1 liu5
the well has dried up
埋街食井水maai4 gaai1 sik6 zeng2 seoi2
(orig. of boat society women) to marry into a dry-land family; → (of women) to marry into a family of higher social class; to marry into a family of means and to live comfortably because of it; (of female prostitutes, a euphemism) to marry | Also: 食井水; 埋街
井水不犯河水zeng2 seoi2 bat1 faan6 ho4 seoi2
everyone minds their own business
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