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水

shuǐ

HSK 1 Character

What 水 means

1. water
2. (after a name) ... River
3. to swim (used mostly in {会水|huì shuǐ} and {水性|shuǐ xìng})
4. colloquiallacking in substance; shoddy
5. bound formadditional cost; extra income
6. classifier for washings of a garment

Other readings

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

• Shuǐsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group

Example sentences

• 喝水。
  Drink water.
• 猫讨厌水
  Māo tǎoyàn shuǐ
  Cats hate water.
• 没有水。
  There is no water.
• 吃水果。
  Eat fruit.
• 把水烧开。
  Bǎ shuǐ shāokāi.
  Boil the water.
• 海绵吸水。
  Hǎimián xīshuǐ.
  A sponge absorbs water.

Words starting with 水

• 水果shuǐ guǒfruit
• 水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
• 水泥shuǐ nícement
• 水利shuǐ lìwater conservancy; irrigation works
• 水龙头shuǐ lóng tóufaucet; tap
• 水面shuǐ miànwater surface
• 水晶shuǐ jīngcrystal
• 水准shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
• 水库shuǐ kùreservoir
• 水流shuǐ liúriver; stream
• 水上shuǐ shàngon water; aquatic
• 水分shuǐ fènmoisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding
• 水电shuǐ diànhydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity
• 水池shuǐ chípond; pool; sink
• 水手shuǐ shǒusailor; seaman; mariner
• 水源shuǐ yuánwater source; water supply; headwaters of a river
• 水稻shuǐ dàorice; paddy
• 水管shuǐ guǎnwater pipe
• 水质shuǐ zhìwater quality
• 水壶shuǐ húkettle; canteen; watering can
• 水乡shuǐ xiāngpatchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu; same as 江南水乡
• 水桶shuǐ tǒngbucket
• 水下shuǐ xiàunder the water; submarine
• 水草shuǐ cǎoaquatic plants; water and grass…

Words containing 水

• 矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral water
• 胶水jiāo shuǐglue
• 开水kāi shuǐboiled water; boiling water
• 洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
• 薪水xīn shuǐsalary; wage
• 潜水qián shuǐto dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk
• 淡水dàn shuǐfreshwater
• 泪水lèi shuǐteardrop; tears
• 口水kǒu shuǐsaliva
• 流水liú shuǐrunning water; (business) turnover
• 香水xiāng shuǐperfume; cologne
• 热水rè shuǐhot water
• 海水hǎi shuǐseawater
• 雨水yǔ shuǐrainwater; rainfall; rain
• 汗水hàn shuǐsweat; perspiration
• 山水shān shuǐwater from a mountain; mountains and rivers; scenery
• 河水hé shuǐriver water
• 风水fēng shuǐfeng shui; geomancy
• 清水qīng shuǐfresh water; drinking water; clear water
• 汽水qì shuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
• 污水wū shuǐsewage
• 下水xià shuǐdownstream; to go into the water; to put into water
• 泉水quán shuǐspring water
• 冷水lěng shuǐcold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)

Characters that look like 水

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 永yǒngforever; always; perpetual
• 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 禾hé(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop

Sounds the same

Read shuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 氵"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 没; see also 三点水
• 氺old variant of 水