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水

shuǐ

water

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Meaning of 水 in English

shuǐHSK 1nounSyllabus #192
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  4. classifier for washings of a garment
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])
  7. surname Shui
  8. Shui ethnic group

Example sentences

  1. 没有水，我们无法生存。
    méi yǒu shuǐ， wǒ men wú fǎ shēng cún。
    Without water, we cannot exist.
    Tatoeba #333102 by fucongcong · #387561 by Mouseneb · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 服務生，請給我一些水。
    fú wù shēng， qǐng gěi wǒ yī xiē shuǐ。
    Waiter, please bring me some water.
    Tatoeba #868402 by Martha · #19541 by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 農業需要消耗大量的水。
    nóng yè xū yào xiāo hào dà liàng de shuǐ。
    Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.
    Tatoeba #5640777 by verdastelo9604 · #282303 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 水

水果HSK 1水平HSK 3矿泉水HSK 3汽水HSK 4汗水HSK 5降水HSK 5开水HSK 5泪水HSK 5水分HSK 5雨水HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences