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水 shuǐ water
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Chapter-28 HSK-A
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 水 |
Shui originally meant level. It is a picture of flowing water; it influences the north, and is the name assigned to the planet Mercury. It usually appears in composition as 氵 on the left. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
水
shuǐ
water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income/(of clothes) classifier for number of washes/surname Shui
Phrases ending with the given character
三三sān
点點diǎn
水水shuǐ
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)/see also 氵[shui3]
不bù
透tòu
水shuǐ
waterproof/watertight/impermeable
倒dào
苦kǔ
水shuǐ
to pour out one's grievances
两兩liǎng
点點diǎn
水水shuǐ
name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)/see also 冫[bing1]
六六liù
盘盤pán
水水shuǐ
Liupanshui prefecture level city in west Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
冷冷lěng
却卻què
水水shuǐ
cooling water (in a reactor)
半bàn
桶tǒng
水shuǐ
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited/superficial/half-baked/sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth)/dabbler
去qù
光guāng
水shuǐ
nail polish remover
吐tǔ
苦kǔ
水shuǐ
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth/fig. to complain bitterly/to pour out one's sufferings
地dì
下xià
水shuǐ
groundwater
地dì
表biǎo
水shuǐ
surface water
地dì
面miàn
水shuǐ
surface water
天tiān
那nà
水shuǐ
paint thinner
奎奎kuí
宁寧níng
水水shuǐ
tonic water/quinine water
定dìng
型xíng
水shuǐ
hairspray
拖tuō
下xià
水shuǐ
lit. to pull sb into the water/to involve sb in a messy business/to get sb into trouble
捞撈lāo
油油yóu
水水shuǐ
(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
柔柔róu
肤膚fū
水水shuǐ
balancing lotion
橘jú
子zi
水shuǐ
orangeade/orange squash/CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2]
柠檸níng
檬檬méng
水水shuǐ
lemonade
洗xǐ
甲jiǎ
水shuǐ
nail polish remover
洗洗xǐ
发髮fà
水水shuǐ
shampoo (liquid)
液液yè
态態tài
水水shuǐ
liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice, e.g.)
淌tǎng
口kǒu
水shuǐ
to let saliva dribble from the mouth/to slobber
汤湯tāng
力力lì
水水shuǐ
tonic water
漂piǎo
白bái
水shuǐ
bleach
泼潑pō
冷冷lěng
水水shuǐ
lit. to pour cold water on/fig. to dampen one's enthusiasm
泼潑pō
脏髒zāng
水水shuǐ
(lit.) to splash dirty water/(fig.) to throw mud at/to smear (sb)
浇澆jiāo
冷冷lěng
水水shuǐ
to pour cold water/fig. to discourage
爽爽shuǎng
肤膚fū
水水shuǐ
toner (cosmetics)
生shēng
粉fěn
水shuǐ
starch solution (cooking)
白白bái
开開kāi
水水shuǐ
plain boiled water
眼yǎn
房fáng
水shuǐ
aqueous humor
眼眼yǎn
药藥yào
水水shuǐ
eye drops/eye lotion
矿礦kuàng
泉泉quán
水水shuǐ
mineral spring water/CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
结結jié
晶晶jīng
水水shuǐ
water of crystallization
自自zì
来來lái
水水shuǐ
running water/tap water
花huā
露lù
水shuǐ
perfumed toilet water/eau de cologne/floral water/hydrosol
蒸蒸zhēng
馏餾liú
水水shuǐ
distilled water
苏蘇sū
打打dá
水水shuǐ
soda drink (loanword)
蟹蟹xiè
黄黃huáng
水水shuǐ
crab roe/crab spawn/(used for crab meat in general)
猪豬zhū
下下xià
水水shuǐ
pig offal
双雙shuāng
氧氧yǎng
水水shuǐ
hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution
须須xū
后後hòu
水水shuǐ
aftershave
飙飆biāo
口口kǒu
水水shuǐ
gossip/idle chat
饮飲yǐn
用用yòng
水水shuǐ
drinking water/potable water
马馬mǎ
尾尾wěi
水水shuǐ
Mawei river through Fuzhou city