(slang) 1. money; (of person)/who; 2. whom 3. someone; (of shipments) classifier for number of shipments
water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes/lotion/juice/a surname/KangXi radical 85/money/a way to make money/low quality/poor
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
一種無色無味無嗅嘅液體，由氫同氧化合而成，化學式係H₂O；固態嘅叫做冰，氣態嘅就叫蒸汽 water
飲 水
饮 水
jam2 seoi2 to drink water
煲水
煲水
bou1 seoi2 to boil water
游水
游水
jau4 seoi2 to swim
水費
水费
seoi2 fai3 water bill
礦泉水
矿泉水
kwong3 cyun4 seoi2 mineral water
我每日都要飲八杯水。
我每日都要饮八杯水。
ngo5 mui5 jat6 dou1 jiu3 jam2 baat3 bui1 seoi2. I have to drink eight glasses of water every day.
名詞
水貨嘅略縮詞 short form of "水貨", meaning parallel import goods
有行版有水版，水就平三嚿。
有行版有水版，水就平三嚿。
jau5 hong2 baan2 jau5 seoi2 baan2, seoi2 zau6 peng4 saam1 gau6. You can choose a licensed or parallel import version; the parallel one saves you 300 bucks.
呢部手機係行定水？
呢部手机系行定水？
nei1 bou6 sau2 gei1 hai6 hong2 ding6 seoi2? Is this mobile phone a licensed import or parallel import?
反義詞
行
動詞、俚語
欺騙、誤導 to deceive; to trick
你唔好水人啦，張單明明聽日先到期。
你唔好水人啦，张单明明听日先到期。
nei5 m4 hou2 seoi2 jan4 laa1, zoeng1 daan1 ming4 ming4 ting1 jat6 sin1 dou3 kei4 Hey, don't trick him. The bill is due tomorrow, not today.
近義詞
呃、昆、點
量詞
一件衫洗咗幾多次嘅次數 classifier for the number of wash cycles of an article of clothing
呢件冷衫洗兩水就縮水。
呢件冷衫洗两水就缩水。
ni1 gin6 laang1 saam1 sai2 loeng5 seoi2 zau6 suk1 seoi2. This sweater shrinks after two washes.
量詞
遊客嘅旅程，貨物嘅運送 classifier for trips/journeys or batches of goods
啲走水貨嘅一日走幾水先夠皮。
啲走水货嘅一日走几水先够皮。
di1 zau2 seoi2 fo3 ge3 jat1 jat6 zau2 gei2 seoi2 sin1 gau3 pei2. The parallel traders have to make a few trips per day to earn a living.
一水船去珠海要幾耐？
一水船去珠海要几耐？
jat1 seoi2 syun4 heoi3 zyu1 hoi2 jiu3 gei2 noi6? How long does it take to travel to Zhuhai by boat?
呢水貨完全唔掂，間廠點做嘢㗎？
呢水货完全唔掂，间厂点做嘢㗎？
ni1 seoi2 fo3 jyun4 cyun4 m4 dim6, gaan1 cong2 dim2 zou6 je5 gaa3? This batch of products is shoddy. What's wrong with the factory?
量詞
工作上崗位或者部門嘅輪調 classifier for job shifts or rotations
你點都要喺呢個部門留一水㗎喇。
你点都要喺呢个部门留一水㗎喇。
nei5 dim2 dou1 jiu3 hai2 ni1 go3 bou6 mun4 lau4 jat1 seoi2 ga3 laa3 You have to stay in this department and work a rotation no matter what.
我上水喺內科、今水嚟外科、下水去骨科。
我上水喺内科、今水嚟外科、下水去骨科。
ngo5 soeng6 seoi2 hai2 noi6 fo1, gam1 seoi2 lai4 ngoi6 fo1, haa6 seoi2 heoi3 gwat1 fo1 My last rotation was in internal medicine. I'm coming to surgery this rotation, and I'm going to orthopaedics in the next rotation.
名詞、俚語
錢 money
科水
科水
fo1 seoi2 to provide large subsidies
回水
回水
wui4 seoi2 to issue refund
掠水
掠水
loek1 seoi2 to get money by dishonest means, to charge someone excessively
疊水
叠水
daap6 seoi2 to be rich, to have a lot of cash
一舊水
一旧水
jat1 gau6 seoi2 a hundred dollars
你快啲回水！
你快啲回水！
nei5 faai3 di1 wui4 seoi2! Give me back my money quickly!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
Sui people
水書
水书
shuǐ shū Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
character, colloquial
Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
character
water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)
請給我一杯水，謝謝。
请给我一杯水，谢谢。
qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ ， xiè xiè ． A glass of water, please.
character, dialectal
rain
character, Cantonese
to fool; to deceive; to misguide
character
flood
發水
发水
fā shuǐ to flood
character, archaic
river
漢水
汉水
hàn shuǐ the Han River
character
to swim
水性
水性
shuǐ xìng swimming ability
character, colloquial
lacking substance or power; worthless
這裏的大學太水了。
这里的大学太水了。
zhè lǐ de dà xué tài shuǐ le ． The universities here are too weak.
character
liquid; potion; juice
口水
口水
kǒu shuǐ saliva
羊水
羊水
yáng shuǐ amniotic fluid
character
A surname
character, Cantonese
source of revenue (Classifier: 條／条 c)
character
body of water
水路
水路
shuǐ lù waterway
三面環水
三面环水
sān miàn huán shuǐ to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
character
additional cost or income
character, Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial
Synonym of 飲料／饮料 (yǐnliào). (syn.) 饮料, 飲料
要叫什麼水？
要叫什么水？
yào jiào shén me shuǐ ？ What beverage do you want to order?
character, Cantonese
hundred dollars (Classifier: 嚿 c)
三嚿水
三嚿水
saam1 gau6 seoi2 three hundred dollars
character, Cantonese
money
掠水
掠水
loek1 seoi2 to get money by dishonest means, to charge someone excessively
磅水
磅水
bong6 seoi2 to give money
character
one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行 (-))