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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
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
boiled water / boiling water
HSK 4
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
rainwater; rainfall; rain
HSK 5
soda pop; carbonated soft drink
HSK 4
glue
HSK 5
ink / CL:
HSK 6
teardrop / tears
HSK 4
cool water / unboiled water
HSK 3
purified water
HSK 4
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
saliva
HSK 7-9
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
salary / wage
HSK 6
sweat / perspiration
HSK 7-9
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
moisture content / (fig.) overstatement / padding
HSK 5
cement / CL:
HSK 6
hot water
HSK 6
drink (on a menu)
sewer
beverage; drink
HSK 6
advanced level
reservoir / CL:
HSK 5
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
skin toner
water surface
HSK 7-9
running water; tap water
HSK 6
groundwater
HSK 7-9
Yushui, a district of Xinyu City 新余市, Jiangxi
Shangshui, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市, Henan
water heater
HSK 6
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
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
watercolor / aquarelle
to heat water / to boil water
to supply water / to provide feedwater
crystal dumpling, a type of dumpling popular in southern China and Taiwan, named for its translucent, slightly chewy wrapper made with tapioca starch
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
mist
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
to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
HSK 7-9
mariner / sailor / seaman
HSK 7-9
cologne
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
the bottom of a body of water
lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
ammonia solution
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
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
hydrology
kettle / canteen / watering can
HSK 7-9
rice / paddy / CL:
HSK 7-9
boiled egg
plain boiled water
spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
sink
HSK 7-9
to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
HSK 7-9
water pollution
to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis
Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
smuggled goods / unauthorized goods
HSK 7-9
lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light
HSK 7-9
Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
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)
spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox
honey peach / juicy peach
the Chanshui river in Henan
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation
HSK 7-9
water pipe
HSK 7-9
crystal
HSK 7-9
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place / not acclimatized
water ice (i.e. frozen H2O)
water vapor / steam / moisture
drinking water
HSK 7-9
drinking water; potable water
HSK 7-9
to be able to swim
seafood show (trade fair)
Ershui or Erhshui Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
(astronomy) Mercury
water jar

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