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水土

shuǐ tǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

水土 (shuǐ tǔ) means "water and soil; surface water; natural environment (extended meaning)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 水土 means

1. water and soil
2. surface water
3. natural environment (extended meaning)
4. climate

The characters in 水土

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 土tǔearth; dust; clay

Words starting with 水土

• 水土不服shuǐ tǔ bù fúnot acclimatized
• 水土保持shuǐ tǔ bǎo chísoil conservation

Words containing 水土

• 不服水土bù fú shuǐ tǔ(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place; not acclimatized
• 临海水土志Lín hǎi Shuǐ tǔ zhìSeaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈莹

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