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  *水* | 水* | *水
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
HSK 1
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  *睡* | 睡* | *睡
to sleep / to lie down
HSK 1
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  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
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  *稅* | 稅* | *稅
taxes / duties
HSK 6
qi field (in qigong or feng shui) / vibe (of a person or place); aura; atmosphere
Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong)
feng shui / geomancy
HSK 7-9
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods
geographical position according to the principles of feng shui 風水|风水 / ley lines
A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁
Shih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁
(feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves / to confer a beneficial influence
(feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
(feng shui term) tomb
Sandu Shui Autonomous County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帨* | 帨* | *帨
handkerchief
Shui ethnic group
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  *氵* | 氵* | *氵
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没, , etc / see also 三點水|三点水
feng shui master / geomancer / stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan
seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
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  *說* | 說* | *說
to persuade
Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁 in 2006 over corruption allegations
Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
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  *氺* | 氺* | *氺
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