喝墨水

Chinese

		to drink; to shout; to shout applause	prepared ink
trad. (喝墨水)		喝	墨水
simp. #(喝墨水)		喝	墨水

Etymology

From the Northern Qi dynasty (505–577) practice of punishing poorly performing candidates for the imperial examinations by having them ingest ink.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hē mòshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hē mòshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: he mòshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ho¹ mo⁴-shui³
    • Yale: hē mwò-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he mohshoei
    • Palladius: хэ мошуй (xɛ mošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēmòshuǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ ㄇㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hemòshuěir
    • Wade–Giles: ho¹-mo⁴-shui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: hē-mwò-shwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hemohshoel
    • Palladius: хэмошуйр (xɛmošujr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

喝⫽墨水 (verb-object)

1. (figurative) to attend school; to have knowledge

   喝洋墨水  ―  hē yáng mòshuǐ  ―  to study overseas