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水
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.water
去接点水喝。
Go get some water.
水是人类赖以生存的重要资源。
Water is an important resource for human survival.
我们不可以浪费水。
We mustn't waste water.
- 2
n.liquid
汽水
soda water
药水
potion
墨水
ink
- 3
n.river; a general term for rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
渭水
Weihe River
汉水
Han River
淮水
Huai River
- 4
n.flood (disaster)
洪水
flood
水灾
flood
我老家去年发水了。
My hometown had a flood last year.
- 5
n.extra charges or income
汇水
remittance fee
贴水
premium
外水
extra money
- 6
measure wordnumber of washes
这件衣服刚洗过一水。
The dress has just been washed.
新买的衣服还没下过水。
My new clothes haven't been washed yet.
这条裤子已经洗了两水了。
The trousers have been washed twice.
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v.infmlswim
水性
ability in swimming
他不会水。
He can't swim.
溺水的孩子被一名会水的大爷救了。
The drowning child was saved by a man who knew how to swim.
Words and phrases with 水
- 水量[word]the yield of water
- 水产[word]aquatic product
- 水管[word]waterpipe
- 水质[word]water quality
- 水饺[word]boiled dumpling
- 水产品[word]aquatic product
- 水工[word]water conservancy project
- 水库[word]reservoir
- 水层[word]water-course
- 水土不服[idiom]not accustomed to the climate
- 水到渠成[idiom]success is assured when conditions are ripe
- 水乳交融[idiom]as well blended as milk and water
- 水性杨花[idiom]have easy virtue
- 水落石出[idiom]Everything comes to light.
- 水涨船高[idiom]Things improve with the improvement of the general situation.
- 水火不容[idiom]incompatible as fire and water
- 水深火热[idiom]extreme misery
- 水泄不通[idiom]completely packed
Word usage
- common measure word"水" is often matched with measure word "滴"or"杯"or"瓶".
一滴水
one drop of water
一杯水
one glass of water
一瓶水
one bottle of water