淡水 (taam5 seoi2) — freshwater; local in Cantonese

taamˏ₅淡seoiˊ²水

Mandarin Pinyin: dan4 shui3

Meaning of 淡水

nounfreshwater; local

noun(place of Taiwan) 1. Tamsui which is a district in New Taipei City; (place in China) Danshui which is a city in Guangdong, China

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好cungˉ¹沖daamˍ₆淡seoiˊ²水

Don't dilute it.

keoiˏ₅佢zingˍ₆淨haiˍ₆係cungˉ¹沖daamˍ₆淡seoiˊ²水

He's just watering it down.

gamˊ²咁zauˍ₆就cungˉ¹沖daamˍ₆淡seoiˊ²水

So just dilute it then.

mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想cungˉ¹沖daamˍ₆淡seoiˊ²水

Don't want to water it down.

keoiˏ₅佢cungˉ¹沖daamˍ₆淡seoiˊ²水

He's just diluting it.

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