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汗水

hàn shuǐ

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

汗水 (hàn shuǐ) means "sweat; perspiration". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 汗水 means

1. sweat
2. perspiration

The characters in 汗水

• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 他擦去了脸上的汗水。
  Tā cā qù le liǎn shàng de hànshuǐ.
  He wiped the sweat off his face.
• 汗水从我的额头上滴落。
  Hànshuǐ cóng wǒ de étóu shàng dī luò.
  The sweat was dripping off my brow.
• 汗水从我的额头上落下。
  The sweat was dripping off my brow.
• 他们不只是洗去汗水、污垢和镇日的操劳，同时也沉浸在闲话家常日常生活当中。
  Tāmen bù zhǐshì xǐ qù hànshuǐ, wū gòu hé zhènrì de cāoláo, tóngshí yě chénjìn zài xiánhuà jiācháng rìcháng shēnghuó dāngzhōng.
  They not only washed off the sweat, dirt and cares of the day in the hot water, but also enjoyed gossiping about everyday affairs.

Sounds the same

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

• 汉水Han River (Hanshui)

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