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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
fruit / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
glue
HSK 5
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
cool water / unboiled water
HSK 3
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
soda pop; carbonated soft drink
HSK 4
ink / CL:
HSK 6
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
HSK 6
seawater
HSK 4
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
saliva
HSK 7-9
purified water
HSK 4
salary / wage
HSK 6
sweat / perspiration
HSK 7-9
moisture content / (fig.) overstatement / padding
HSK 5
cement / CL:
HSK 6
sewer
beverage; drink
HSK 6
hot water
HSK 6
downstream / 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
offal / viscera / tripe
deluge; flood
HSK 6
reservoir / CL:
HSK 5
running water; tap water
HSK 6
water surface
HSK 7-9
feng shui / geomancy
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
water heater
HSK 6
jellyfish / medusa
water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia
sewage
HSK 5
canal
lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble
stagnant water / backwater
water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
smuggled goods / unauthorized goods
HSK 7-9
landscape painting
Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
pig offal
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
tonic water; quinine water
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
cologne
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
the bottom of a body of water
reinforced concrete
faucet / tap
HSK 7-9
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
(loanword) cologne
ammonia solution
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying)
HSK 7-9
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
HSK 7-9
water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
HSK 7-9
enlisted sailor in navy
toner (cosmetics)
hydrology
Watergate scandal
aquarium (open to the public)
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly / superficial contact (idiom)
rice / paddy / CL:
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
boiled egg
sink
HSK 7-9
water temperature
HSK 7-9
Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
water pollution
assembly line / (computing) pipeline
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
HSK 7-9
Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
to be confused / to be baffled
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
bottled water
to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
HSK 7-9
fortunes rise and fall; times change
Sanshui, a district of Foshan City 佛山市, Guangdong
the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经)
skin toner
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
honey peach / juicy peach

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