水

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What 水 means

surname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment

Pictographic: A river running between two banks; compare 川

Made of 亅

Words with 水

• 水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
• 薪水xīn shuǐsalary; wage
• 水果shuǐ guǒfruit
• 香水xiāng shuǐperfume; cologne
• 水手shuǐ shǒumariner; sailor; seaman
• 潜水qián shuǐto dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk
• 海水hǎi shuǐseawater
• 水面shuǐ miànwater surface
• 水晶shuǐ jīngcrystal
• 汽水qì shuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
• 水管shuǐ guǎnwater pipe
• 下水xià shuǐdownstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot

水 in a sentence

• 请你随便吃点水果。

  qǐng nǐ suí biàn chī diǎn shuǐ guǒ 。

  Please help yourself to some fruit.

• 他的低薪水让他买不了房。

  tā de dī xīn shuǐ ràng tā mǎi bù liǎo fáng 。

  His low salary prevents him from buying the house.

• 你的工作表现低于平均水平。

  nǐ de gōng zuò biǎo xiàn dī yú píng jūn shuǐ píng 。

  Your work is below average.

• 你曾试过用水肺潜水吗？

  nǐ céng shì guò yòng shuǐ fèi qián shuǐ ma ？

  Have you ever tried scuba diving?

• 不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

  bù hē shuǐ wǒ yàn bú xià zhè xiē yào piàn 。

  I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Characters that sound like 水

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