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下水

xià shuǐ

2-character word

What 下水 means

1. downstream
2. to go into the water
3. to put into water
4. to launch (a ship)
5. fig. to fall into bad ways
6. to lead astray
7. to go to pot

Other readings

下水 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xià shuioffal; viscera; tripe

The characters in 下水

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 下水道堵了。
  The drains are blocked up.

Words starting with 下水

• 下水道xià shuǐ dàounderground drain; sewer
• 下水管xià shuǐ guǎndrainpipe
• 下水礼xià shuǐ lǐlaunching ceremony

Words containing 下水

• 地下水dì xià shuǐgroundwater
• 卫生下水道wèi shēng xià shuǐ dào(Taiwan) sanitary sewer system
• 拖下水tuō xià shuǐlit. to pull sb into the water; to involve sb in a messy business; to get sb into trouble
• 拖人下水tuō rén xià shuǐlit. to pull sb into the water; fig. to involve sb in a messy business…
• 猪下水zhū xià shuǐpig offal