| | 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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| | thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 | HSK 2 |
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| | to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade | HSK 2 |
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| | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled | HSK 3 |
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| | to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water | HSK 3 |
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| | cool water / unboiled water | HSK 3 |
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| | natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) | HSK 4 |
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| | (of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with | HSK 4 |
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| | high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm | HSK 4 |
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| | to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water | HSK 4 |
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| | to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head | HSK 4 |
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| | to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | boiled water / boiling water | HSK 4 |
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| | purified water | HSK 4 |
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| | (of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts) | HSK 6 |
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| | to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | HSK 6 |
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| | hot water | HSK 6 |
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| | running water; tap water | HSK 6 |
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| | water heater | HSK 6 |
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| | cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) | HSK 6 |
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| | running water / (business) turnover | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to freeze (water etc) / (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sluice; sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water pipe | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water surface | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water source / water supply / headwaters of a river | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water conservancy / irrigation works | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen | HSK 7-9 |
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| | vast body of water / CL: 片 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water temperature | HSK 7-9 |
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| | waters / body of water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | kettle / canteen / watering can | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to save water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm | HSK 7-9 |
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| | drinking water; potable water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | drinking water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water | |
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| | to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
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| | to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] | |
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| | potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water | |
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| | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC) | |
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| | dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool | |
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| | sound of moving water | |
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| | water vapor / steam / moisture | |
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| | to give (animals) water to drink | |
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| | water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape | |
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| | swelling water | |
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| | lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily | |
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| | to supply water | |
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| | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
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| | volume of water / quantity of flow | |
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| | water pump | |
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| | water storage | |
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| | to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment | |
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| | (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species) | |
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| | outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) | |
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| | river water | |
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| | the bottom of a body of water | |
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| | Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March | |
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| | drink / drinking or drinkable (water) | |
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| | wave / (water) ripple | |
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| | clean water / purified water | |
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| | edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore | |
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| | body of water | |
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| | (literary) spring water gushing out | |
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| | to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding | |
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| | water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo | |
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| | water level | |
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| | clear / limpid (of water) | |
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| | (of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak | |
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| | to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation | |
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| | (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold | |
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| | medicine to be taken after being mixed with water (or other liquid) | |
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| | to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle | |
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| | lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking) | |
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| | hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water) | |
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| | water quality | |
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| | to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water | |
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| | to water (plants etc) | |
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| | expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle | |
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| | (bound form) water's edge; bank; shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) | |
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| | horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) | |
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| | to splash water | |
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| | water pressure | |
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| | (literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern | |
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| | grand / vast (water) | |
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