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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
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
deepwater port
concrete-paved surface; concrete floor
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
saliva
HSK 7-9
to cut off the water supply; water outage
mineral water / CL: ,
HSK 4
salary / wage
HSK 6
(chemistry) deionized water
sweat / perspiration
HSK 7-9
flood / flood damage
HSK 5
naturally flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water)
moisture content / (fig.) overstatement; padding
HSK 5
Lushui, a county-level city in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州, Yunnan
receipt; itemized bill; transaction record
cement / CL:
HSK 6
waterbed; water mattress
hot water
HSK 6
drink (on a menu)
pure water
wastewater that contains feces
underground drain; sewer
water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)
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
(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
(chemistry) water glass
(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother
water surface
HSK 7-9
running water; tap water
HSK 6
to draw water (from a well) / (coll.) to receive an IV drip
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
Lishui, a district of Nanjing City 南京市, Jiangsu
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, a county 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, 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
Shuifu, a county-level city in Zhaotong City 昭通市, Yunnan
the bottom of a body of water
saltwater fish
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
(dialect) slop; swill
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
(Tw) sanitary sewer system
enlisted sailor in navy
hydrology
Mito (city in Japan)
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
Minamata (city in Japan)

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