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水井

shuǐ jǐng

2-character word

What 水井 means

1. (water) well

The characters in 水井

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 井jǐnga well; neat; orderly

Example sentences

• 水井是可以取水的地方。
  A well is a place where you can get water.
• 含义是哪里有水井，哪里就有居民。
  Hányì shì nǎlǐ yǒu shuǐjǐng, nǎlǐ jiù yǒu jūmín.
  The implication was that where there was a well, there were residents.
• “胡同”这个词，本意是“水井”，来源于700年前的蒙古语。
  "hútòng " zhège cí, běnyì shì "shuǐjǐng ", láiyuányú 700 niánqián de Měnggǔyǔ.
  The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.