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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *片* | 片* | *片
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 : classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *流* | 流* | *流
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汤* | 汤* | *汤
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
HSK 3
cool water / unboiled water
HSK 3
natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冲* | 冲* | *冲
(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
high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *投* | 投* | *投
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烧* | 烧* | *烧
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
to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
HSK 4
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
purified water
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *清* | 清* | *清
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)
HSK 6
to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
HSK 6
hot water
HSK 6
running water; tap water
HSK 6
water heater
HSK 6
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
to freeze (water etc) / (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闸* | 闸* | *闸
sluice; sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch
HSK 7-9
water pipe
HSK 7-9
water surface
HSK 7-9
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浇* | 浇* | *浇
to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold
HSK 7-9
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
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
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烫* | 烫* | *烫
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
to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
HSK 7-9
to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
HSK 7-9
vast body of water / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筛* | 筛* | *筛
(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
water temperature
HSK 7-9
waters / body of water
HSK 7-9
kettle / canteen / watering can
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涮* | 涮* | *涮
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
to save water
HSK 7-9
to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
HSK 7-9
to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret
HSK 7-9
to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin
HSK 7-9
to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
HSK 7-9
to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place
HSK 7-9
drinking water
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泓* | 泓* | *泓
clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
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)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塘* | 塘* | *塘
dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浅* | 浅* | *浅
sound of moving water
water vapor / steam / moisture
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饮* | 饮* | *饮
to give (animals) water to drink
water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *澜* | 澜* | *澜
swelling water
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others) / water-lily
to supply water
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood , fire , earth , metal , water
volume of water / quantity of flow
water pump
water storage
to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *菱* | 菱* | *菱
(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
river water
the bottom of a body of water
Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 19th February-5th March
drink / drinking or drinkable (water)
wave / (water) ripple
clean water / purified water
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
body of water
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瀱* | 瀱* | *瀱
(literary) spring water gushing out
to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding
water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo
water level
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滢* | 滢* | *滢
clear / limpid (of water)
(of pipes, ceilings, roofs etc) to leak water; to have a water leak
to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沧* | 沧* | *沧
(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold
medicine to be taken after being mixed with water (or other liquid)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漱* | 漱* | *漱
to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle
lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking)
hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water)
water quality
to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water
to water (plants etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汪* | 汪* | *汪
expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滨* | 滨* | *滨
(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
to splash water
water pressure
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涉* | 涉* | *涉
(literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *浩* | 浩* | *浩
grand / vast (water)

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