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引水

yǐn shuǐ

2-character word

What 引水 means

1. to pilot a ship
2. to channel water
3. to draw water (for irrigation)

The characters in 引水

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Words starting with 引水

• 引水工程yǐn shuǐ gōng chéngwater-induction engineering; irrigation engineering
• 引水入墙yǐn shuǐ rù qiánglit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yǐn shuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饮水to drink water; drinking water