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浸水

jìn shuǐ

2-character word

What 浸水 means

1. to immerse in water; to drench; to inundate
2. irrigation water

The characters in 浸水

• 浸jìnto immerse; to soak; to steep
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Sounds the same

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

• 进水to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc); to get flooded; inflow of water

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